Lawsuits brought by families of Philip Coleman,who died in 2012 after he was shot with stun gun in prison, and Justin Cook, and who was denied exercise of his inhalerA city council panel recommended Monday that Chicago pay $6.45m to families of two men who died in police custody – one after he was dragged from a jail cell and shot with a stun gun and the other who had a fatal asthma attack after officers allegedly refused to let him exercise his inhaler.
In a hearing,the council’s finance committee voted to settle the two lawsuits after a recitation of the facts by the city’s top attorney that included allegations that officers ignored the pleas of the parents of one of the men and taunted the other man shortly before he died. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com