$4.98 million CPD settlement tied to traffic stops clears Council committee

A City Council’s Finance Committee approved a multimillion dollar settlement related to Chicago police stops targeting gang and drug activity that risked being ruled discriminatory and unconstitutional. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Chicago police officers have made over 2.5 million investigatory stops and pat-downs over the last decade, many done to enforce the city’s anti-gang and drug loitering ordinance.

In 2015, a class-action lawsuit accused the city of conducting unconstitutional stops “without reasonable suspicion” in violation of the U.S. Civil Rights Act.