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Judi Lynn

(160,686 posts) Wed Jun 27, 2018, 10:26 PM Jun 2018

Council approves $2.5M payout for girl traumatized by police

Source: Associated Press

Updated 8:34 pm, Wednesday, June 27, 2018

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's City Council on Wednesday approved a $2.5 million settlement in an excessive-force lawsuit that accused police of traumatizing a 3-year-old girl by pointing a gun at her chest and striking her handcuffed mother.

A lawyer for Aretha Simmons, the girl's mother, says upcoming Chicago Police Department reforms don't address how officers treat children during arrests. Attorney Al Hofeld Jr. says "it is not even on CPD's radar."

A 2017 Justice Department report sharply criticized Chicago police for too often using excessive force, including against children. The city has since pledged to overhaul police procedures and training.

When the council's finance committee approved the settlement earlier, a city lawyer agreed with many of the core claims in the lawsuit, telling the committee that the girl remains traumatized and will likely require psychiatric treatment into adulthood.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Chicago-council-considers-case-of-girl-13029728.php

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Council approves $2.5M payout for girl traumatized by police (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP

Good, but should be paid by the Policeman's legal insurance MarcA Jun 2018 #1

Agreed rpannier Jun 2018 #3

sick to death of the brutality ifihad2 Jun 2018 #2

Look for the new SC to outlaw safeinOhio Jun 2018 #4

MarcA

(2,195 posts)

1. Good, but should be paid by the Policeman's legal insurance

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 10:49 PM

Jun 2018

not the citizens. Police should be required to get legal insurance
just like many other government employees.

rpannier

(24,352 posts)

3. Agreed

Reply to MarcA (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 28, 2018, 05:18 AM

Jun 2018

They should be required to carry individual insurance -- that way it would be easier to identify the 'few bad apples' we're always being told exist, instead of it being an institutional problem in some areas.
Their insurance should carry a max. Once they reach it, it all comes out of their pockets

ifihad2

(36 posts)

2. sick to death of the brutality

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:29 PM

Jun 2018

The damage done to a little 3 year old cannot, in all probability, be fixed by 2.5 million or trillion dollars but at least it will help … fuck these sadistic cops … if you have not seen it please try to watch http://www.pbs.org/pov/donotresist/ … … the focus is the militarization of the police.

safeinOhio

(32,762 posts)

4. Look for the new SC to outlaw

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Jun 28, 2018, 05:53 AM

Jun 2018

legal actions against cops.

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