City of Chicago lawyers had recommended the deal, arguing that taking the case to court would cost taxpayers several times as ...

The Chicago City Council finance committee will vote on two major settlements Friday, both involving police incidents.

Reed, 26, was shot and killed by police in March 2024 after a traffic stop in West Humboldt Park escalated. His family’s ...

The rejection of the proposed settlement means the federal lawsuit filed by Reed’s family alleging that the city violated ...

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They will also vote on a previously stalled and hotly contested $1.25 million settlement for the family of Dexter Reed, the ...

The Chicago City Council's Finance Committee rejected a $1.25 million settlement Friday in the civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed during a traffic stop last year.

Civilian Office of Police Accountability Share Dexter Reed was shot at least 13 times when he was killed in a gun battle with Chicago police during a traffic stop last month in Humboldt Park ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Members of the city’s finance committee on Friday blocked an offer to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Dexter Reed, a Chicago man killed by police during a ...

Ald. Gilbert Villegas plans to invoke a rarely used rule at Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting to force representatives ...

Aldermen voted down a $1.25 million settlement Friday for the family of Dexter Reed, the man shot and killed by police in a Humboldt Park gunfight last year. The deal for the family of the man who ...

The Chicago City Council's finance committee on Friday blocked a $1.25 million offer to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed ...