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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Fran Spielman

Committee OKs $1.67M Brickyard settlement after racially-charged debate

Brickyard Mia Wright Nick Sposato North Lawndale
A still frame from a video posted on Twitter, showing police surround a car at Brickyard shopping center in June 2020. One officer can be seen on the video using a baton to break one of the car’s windows as the car’s occupants were pulled from the vehicle. | Screenshot from Twitter

After an explosive, racially-charged debate, a divided City Council committee on Thursday authorized a $1.67 million settlement to five people dragged from their car and roughed up by Chicago Police officers responding to rampant looting at the Brickyard Mall in May 2020.

The Finance Committee vote was 13 to 7.

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