After a spirited debate, a divided City Council agreed Wednesday to spend $1 million to compensate the family of an armed, 26-year-old man shot and killed by police in 2019.
agreed Wednesday to spend $1 million to compensate the family of an armed, 26-year-old man shot and killed by police in 2019.
"The sin of the police officer was he turned the body camera off a little too soon. … We should not be paying this family a million dollars," Sposato said.Ald. Ray Lopez criticized what he views as the city’s knee-jerk propensity to settle lawsuits alleging police misconduct. During closed-door briefings in January, alderpersons were furious to learn about the city’s proposed six-figure settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit even though the Civilian Office of Police Accountability did not sustain the family’s allegation that the shooting was "excessive and inappropriate deadly force."
At the time, city attorneys justified the $1 million settlement, calling it "fiscally prudent" to avoid a trial that would have required the city to "bring in 15 or 20 people for depositions."The largest payout — $7.25 million — goes to Arthur Brown, a now-72-year-old man who spent 30 years in prison for an arson fire he did not set after being choked into confessing to the double murder in 1988.
Given the complaints from alderpersons about police-related settlements, Mayor Brandon Johnson was asked after the Council meeting about fixing the approval process. on a 113-year-old West Loop building that once housed a dance club that became the birthplace of house music.
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