City to settle lawsuit over claim of false arrest at Family Dollar
A woman who accused Chicago police of violating her constitutional rights when an officer arrested her in 2020 has agreed to settle her lawsuit against the city.
"This was an out-of-control officer who had no business being on the street," said Joshua Levin, staff attorney for the ACLU and one of Ms. Campos' lawyers."Officer Taylor had more complaints than 93% of all other CPD officers but had never been adequately disciplined or retrained. The quick and successful settlement in this case shows the City knows the officer's actions were unjustifiable.
According to the ACLU, body camera video shows two Chicago police officers pulled into the store's parking lot as Campos and other employees were cleaning up damage from a burglary, and got into a shouting match with one of Campos' co-workers, using racial epithets, and making vulgar sexual comments about the employee's mother.
Then, as Campos was recording the officers, police forced her to stop filming, and placed her under arrest, according to the ACLU.
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