The city of Chicago is poised to pay more than $11 million in police misconduct settlements approved by a City Council committee.
Precious Richardson, left, lights candles during a vigil for her uncle, Maurice Granton Jr., in the 4700 block of South Prairie Avenue, June 7, 2018, in Chicago. Granton Jr. was fatally shot by Chicago Police during a foot pursuit.
Officer Sheldon Thrasher chased Granton after observing what he and other officers thought were drug sales taking place underneath the CTA Green Line tracks, Law Department counsel Caroline Fronczak said during Tuesday’s committee hearing. As he closed in on Granton, the officer allegedly heard one gunshot, the sound of which was captured on a nearby sergeant’s body camera, but Thrasher did not see who had fired a weapon.
As people nearby began approaching and yelling, Thrasher was recorded saying, “You see your homie right there? You see your homie shot? Get back. Get back.” A handgun was recovered from the middle of the lot about 10 to 15 feet from Granton’s body, Fronczak said. Ald. Marty Quinn, Ald. Silvana Tabares, Ald. Gilbert Villegas, Ald. Nicholas Sposato and Ald. Anthony Napolitano voted against that settlement.
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