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City of Chicago moves toward settling civil rights case
The Chicago City Council Finance Committee recommended approval of a settlement in a federal civil rights case filed in 2004 on behalf people who claimed they were subjected to an "institutionalized system of police torture" that included being deprived of adequate food and water. More than half a million people could be eligible for cash awards in the proposed $16.5 million settlement
If approved this week by the full council, up to 514,000 people could be eligible for awards between $90 and $3,000. The amounts could be reduced if too many people apply.
Potential beneficiaries include up to 12,000 people arrested between March 15, 1999, and Feb. 10, 2008, without a warrant for alleged felonies who were not given a probable cause hearing within 48 hours. Awards in those cases would be limited to $3,000.
Eligible for up to $2,000 would be as many as 2,000 people held between Oct. 21, 2001, and March 10, 2010, in interview rooms for more than 16 hours without a mattress or pad to sleep on, regular meals or sufficient bathroom access. Up to 500,000 people held overnight in lockups between Oct. 21, 2001, and March 10, 2010, without proper over-night bedding would be paid no more than $90.
Some one-time suspects might be eligible for three separate awards totaling $5,090, according to case documents. The city would pay the first $15 million in costs, and an insurer would cover the rest, said Mara Georges, the city's top lawyer.
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Posted on:2010-05-11
Company: Chicago
Class: people who claimed they were subjected to an "institutionalized system of police torture"
Scope: Illinois
Type of Case: Civil Rights
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