Chicago Settles Police Lawsuit For $16.5 Million

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Source: CBS

CHICAGO (CBS) ―
The Chicago City Council approved a $16.5 million settlement to a federal class-action civil rights lawsuit that alleged the Chicago Police Department of abuse.

They were mistreated and neglected by Chicago police – men and women sometimes held for days, and denied food and bathroom breaks. Now the city of Chicago will pay. CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman spoke with one of the victims.

Her name is Veronica Imperial. The suit covers her and roughly half a million people. If that makes you wonder what kind of time period we're talking about, it's more than 10 years.

Imperial had one word to describe her experience.

"Terrible," she said.

Flashback to 2003. She says police arrested her and put her in an interview room. She stayed there some 36 hours.

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Read more: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/police.lawsuit.settled.2.1690439.html

[spin]

1. Chicago must have been a "police state". (n/t)

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. "Detainees"???

That word is getting too much play in the press.

What about "the accused" or "the arrested" person?

"Detainees" sounds so...mild, so benign.