Chicago taxpayers will spend $1 million to compensate the family of an armed, 26-year-old man who was shot and killed by police in 2019 even though the Civilian Office of Police Accountability did not sustain the family’s allegation that the shooting was “excessive and inappropriate deadly force.”
The proposal to settle the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Sharell Brown infuriated alderpersons who were briefed Friday and will be asked to approve the settlement at the City Council meeting next week.
