Chicago taxpayers will have to spend nearly $25 million to settle three more lawsuits accusing Chicago Police officers of misconduct, including a $15 million payout to the family of an innocent woman killed during a high-speed chase in 2020.
, who was killed when a Chicago Police Department squad car slammed into her SUV, during a high-speed chase of a suspect wanted for multiple violent crimes in the suburbs in June 2020.captured on video obtained by the CBS 2 Investigators. Ruether also said that, long before the crash, police supervisors had ordered officers to halt the chase, but they continued their pursuit. Franco-Martinez's lawsuit further accused police of disobeying CPD regulations regarding vehicle chases by disregarding a red light at Ashland Avenue and Irving Park Road without keeping a proper lookout for other vehicles.
Ald. Jason Ervin questioned whether the officer who was driving could be held financially liable for the damages that will be paid to Franco-Martinez's family, but city attorneys said, since he was acting in the course of his official police duties, the city holds financial responsibility for the damages.
City attorneys estimated, had Prince's lawsuit gone to trial, a jury verdict could have resulted in $25 million to $50 million in damages against the city. The city sought to fire Abreu's supervisor, former Water Department superintendent Paul Hansen, over his misconduct, but he resigned in 2017 before he could be fired, according to city attorneys.
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