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.
Five months ago, an avalanche of opposition from the police union's staunchest City Council allies had forced then-Finance Committee Chair Scott Waguespack to yank the settlement to the mother ofAt that time, Nick Sposato had vowed to do "everything in my power to stop" the settlement to avoid sending a dangerous message to Chicago Police officers that, "You cannot shoot an offender until he pulls the trigger first." And Ald.
"We can't keep rewarding criminality. We cannot continuously reward those who are causing so much of the violence and the pain we see in our communities," Lopez said. In a 2021 summary report on the incident, COPA recommended a 180-day suspension for Lisciandrello, who fired the shots that killed Brown, only because of the shooting officer's "failure to completely record the incident" on his body-worn camera. The officer ended up with a five-day suspension.
And a $550,000 pay-out goes to a man who fell on his face and suffered a seizure after he was chased and tased by a Chicago police officer who was subsequently stripped of his police powers.
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