Chicago Family Receives $2.5 Million Settlement After Their Home was Mistakenly Raided by Police

A Chicago family putting a painful chapter behind them. They are getting a $2.5 million settlement from the city after their home was mistakenly raided by Chicago police in 2017.

Family members said they’ve been suffering ever since.

The settlement agreed to by the city brings to an end a nearly eight-year saga that began when seven Chicago police officers executed a search warrant on the wrong address. The case led to a statewide law named after one of the children present during the raid, requiring officers receive trauma-informed training. That child is now 17 and spoke out on Friday.

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