Members voted 12-15 in rejecting the proposed $1.25 million settlement. The family’s lawsuit argues that police officers had no right to stop Reed in the first place and then used excessive force when the first shot was fired.
An investigation and autopsy showed that plainclothes Chicago police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times at Reed, striking him 13 times.
The settlement offer originally went up for a vote in February but was delayed due to division among alders. While some felt settling the suit would have been cheaper than trial costs, others felt the city shouldn’t settle because Reed allegedly fired at police first.
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward) told WGN that without the settlement, the city will likely have to fight the case in court. The Chicago Tribune, citing a city attorney, put the cost at about $5 million for legal fees and up to $5 million more if the city fails to prevail.
“It is truly shameful that we continue to pay millions of dollars in police misconduct cases. I think the responsibility is not just here in the settlements, but actually to provide polices, to prevent these issues to begin with,” he said.
The settlement was one of three considered Friday by the finance committee.
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