Chicago owes family $62K for withholding records of man’s death in police shooting
Chicago has again been ordered to pay a fine for withholding records, this time in a police misconduct case.
U.S. District Court Judge Joan Gottschall upheld an earlier ruling, the Chicago Tribune reports, and orders the city to pay $62,500 for withholding the records.
The family of 20-year-old Divonte Young had sought the documents over the shooting death of Young by a police officer five years ago.
This is the largest pre-trial fine the city has paid in a police misconduct case; it is the eighth sanction against the city since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011.
This story was originally published November 24, 2017 at 7:58 AM with the headline "Chicago owes family $62K for withholding records of man’s death in police shooting."