{"id":2403232,"date":"2025-02-16T17:48:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-pays-millions-in-2024-to-settle-police-misconduct-suits-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T17:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:52:11","slug":"chicago-pays-millions-in-2024-to-settle-police-misconduct-suits-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-pays-millions-in-2024-to-settle-police-misconduct-suits-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago pays millions in 2024 to settle police misconduct suits &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-pays-millions-in-2024-to-settle-police-misconduct-suits-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In 2024, Chicago taxpayers \u200bwill be responsible for over $107.5 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-delegate-withdraws-after-hes-arrested-for-alleged-involvement-in-attack-on-police-department\/\" title=\"DNC Delegate Withdraws After He&#039;s Arrested for Alleged Involvement in Attack on ... ...\">legal settlements related<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-pass-bill-critics-say-defunds-police-and-reject-proposal-to-condemn-calls-to-abolish-police\/\" title=\"Democrats Pass Bill Critics Say Defunds ... And Reject Proposal To Condemn Calls To \u2018Abolish\u2019 ...\">police misconduct<\/a>, \u200cmarking the highest annual expenditure as\u2062 2011 and a meaningful 43% increase \u2062from \u2062the\u200b previous\u2064 year. This financial burden stems from a\u2062 range\u2064 of \u200dallegations against \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officers<\/a>, including wrongful\u2064 convictions\u200c and improper pursuits.\u2063 Ed Yohnka, Policy Director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), \u200dhas\u200b raised concerns about\u200c the \u2064increasing costs\u2062 and the failure of the Chicago \u200cPolice Department \u2064to \u2062reform\u200c its practices despite being under a federal court order since 2019. Yohnka advocates for proactive \u2064investments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-a-pizza-box-and-hair-led-police-to-the-suspected-gilgo-beach-serial-killer\/\" title=\"Pizza box and hair help ... find suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer.\">police \u200dtraining<\/a> and accountability to\u200b reduce \u2062future \u2062payouts, suggesting that better supervision and community\u2062 engagement in \u200cpolicing could lead \u200dto meaningful reform. In \u200d2024 alone, the city\u200c resolved at least 122 misconduct lawsuits, with the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">largest settlement reaching\u2063  million<\/a> for\u200c injuries sustained by\u200d a minor during \u200ba police chase.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chicago pays millions in 2024 to settle police misconduct suits<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1994624\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; American Civil Liberties Union Policy Director Ed Yohnka says the growing number of legal settlements that Chicago taxpayers are being forced to pay out stemming from police misconduct cases calls for immediate action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The level and the number of payouts that Chicago taxpayers underwrite each year for officer misconduct, officer abuse, officers breaking protocol really reflects the fact that we need to make an investment in the city in reforming police training and accountability,&rdquo; Yohnka told The Center Square. &ldquo;What we see is a system where the system literally allows misbehavior until it costs the city millions of dollars, rather than insisting on good constitutional behavior.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>City data shows taxpayers in 2024 were forced to shell out at least $107.5 million to settle lawsuits against officers alleging misconduct that ranged from wrongful convictions to improper pursuits. In addition to being the most taxpayers have been left on the hook for in any year since 2011, the total also represents a 43% increase over 2023, easily topping the $82 million annually set aside by the city to resolve such cases.<\/p>\n<p>Even as the Chicago Police Department has been subject to a federal court order to change the way it trains, supervises and disciplines officers since 2019, over the past five years, taxpayers have spent at least $472.4 million to resolve such lawsuits as the department has fully satisfied just 9% of the requirements laid out for it as part of a consent decree.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think what taxpayers ought to feel is a sense of missed opportunity because the city spends so much time engaged in litigation, in putting together the resources to pay out these things that what we don&rsquo;t focus enough on is ways in which we can police the streets of the city in a constitutional fashion that also enhances public safety,&rdquo; Yohnka added. &ldquo;It would be helpful if in fact there was simply more investment in real reform upfront. We&rsquo;d be paying less of these kinds of damages on the back end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yohnka argues the city already has at least some of the answers it should be seeking.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a multi-hundred page document, a consent decree, that is literally a roadmap for reform,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It really, fundamentally breaks down to two things, supervising and holding officers accountable for when they violate rules. The second thing is to meaningfully engage the public in helping to address the problems of every neighborhood. It&rsquo;s going to look different in one neighborhood as to how they should be policed, want to be policed, need to be policed, then it&rsquo;s going to look in another.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, city officials resolved at least 122 police misconduct lawsuits with the largest payout for a single incident being $20 million paid to a 15-year-old boy injured in a 2021 unauthorized chase incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1994624\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1994624\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago taxpayers face millions in 2024 for police misconduct settlements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2403233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/money-istock-dollars-income-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4387,33309,9811],"class_list":["post-2403232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-chicago","tag-police-misconduct","tag-settlement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/money-istock-dollars-income-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403232"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403236,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403232\/revisions\/2403236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}