Five people who were pulled from their car near Brickyard Mall by seven Chicago Police officers and beaten during the unrest after the murder of George Floyd in 2020 will get $1.67 million to settle their lawsuit against the city.
Five people who were pulled from their car by seven Chicago Police officers and beaten during the unrest that swept the city after the police murder of George Floyd during the summer of 2020 will get $1.67 million to settle their lawsuit against the city.
None of the people in the car fit the description of a person an officer at the time alleged had a hammer, Fronczak said. There was no hammer or stolen goods recovered in the car, she added. The probe of the incident conducted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability took three months, and was completed in September 2020 as part of a special unit created toBrown had 90 days to review those findings, and send his decision on whether the officers involved should be disciplined to the Law Department. The results of the probe have not yet been announced.
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