Civil Plaintiff
A Woman Who Was Dragged by Cops Receives a $1.67 Million Settlement
Chicago taxpayers will likely spend $1.67 million to compensate a woman dragged from her car and pinned to the ground by Chicago police officers who kneeled on her neck at the Brickyard shopping center nearly two years ago.
The settlement is the largest of three tied to allegations of police wrongdoing on the agenda for Thursday’s meeting of the City Council’s Finance Committee.
It goes to Mia Wright, who claims the violent actions by police on May 31, 2020 left her blind in her right eye, potentially ending her dream of becoming a paramedic.
