Chicago City Council finance committee votes on 2 major settlements for Dexter Reed, Bryce Summary
The Chicago City Council finance committee will vote on two major settlements Friday.
The first is
$1.25 million for the family of Dexter Reed
, who was
killed by Chicago police officers in 2024 in a shootout
following a traffic stop on the West Side.
The settlement agreement also would include "non-monetary relief" that would set new restrictions on traffic stops for the Chicago Police Department, sources said.
Both Reed's family and COPA have raised questions about why a team of five plain-clothed tactical officers pulled over Reed to begin with.
The other settlement is for Bryce Summary, a St. Louis man who
lost both his legs on Chicago's Mag Mile after he was hit and pinned by a car
that was fleeing police in May 2022.
Summary was in town with his wife for a conference. They were walking near Michigan Avenue and Ohio Street when someone driving a white Mercedes Benz tried to take off from a traffic stop.
The driver hit another car before barreling into a building.
The settlement is for $32 million, with $20 million being paid by the city and $12 million covered by the city's insurance.
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