Over the first 8 weeks of 2018, Chicago paid out more than $20 million to settle police lawsuits
Police in this country are out of control! But nothing happens to the officers.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/17/in-chicago-more-than-20-million-in-police-misconduct-settlements-paid-out-in-eight-weeks
The city of Chicago paid more than $20 million in settlements for police-involved lawsuits in the first two months of the year, WBBM-TV reported Tuesday, and there could be millions of dollars more paid out in the near future.
What’s the story?
On Monday, the city paid $4.6 million to settle numerous police misconduct cases. On Feb. 9, the city paid $9.3 million in a reversed conviction case.
In 2016, Chicago paid $2.2 million for related cases in the first eight weeks of the year. In 2017, that number was $6.1 million; still nowhere near the $20.3 million that came out of the city’s budget in the first eight weeks of 2018.
Of that $20.3 million, about half of that money is for excessive force, false arrest and illegal search and seizure cases.
Also, there are currently 460 civil rights cases against the city that are under review, according to the Chicago Department of Law.
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