The city of Chicago on Friday was ordered to pay $100,000 to cover fees for lawyers for a man with schizophrenia who was body-slammed by a city police officer in 2019, after a judge found the city failed to turn over records that showed then-police Supt. David Brown agreed the officer had used “massively” excessive force.
The six-figure payment is to cover the cost of lawyers for Bernard Kersh to conduct a second round of depositions with witnesses after learning that Brown and the city’s police oversight agency decided Officer Jerald Williams’ use of force violated department standards.
