Chicago’s Top Lawyer on Ethics Reform, the Cost of Police Misconduct Lawsuits – WTTW (Chicago)

"Yes, it is true that there are more of them and, yes, it is true that it costs more to do that in the short run. But it is also true that the savings are significant in the long run. So we’re on that course," Mary Richardson-Lowry, corporation counsel for the city of Chicago and leader of the city’s Law Department, said of police misconduct cases."We will continue to look for opportunities to settle. We try cases where we must. What it means for the taxpayer is they benefit in the end because in the long term we’re not spending as much of the city’s resources.”
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Hello, Indiana!
10 months ago

Soo.. let’s not fight cash grab lawsuits ( the Dexter Reed debacle is a good example ) and just settle because it’s, in theory, cheaper? Spoken like a true Dem or an ambulance chasing lawyer.

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Don Diego de la Vega
10 months ago

Spending money to fight President Trump’s attempts to stop waste, fraud, abuse, the illegal alien problem thats costing billions or dollars are being met with lawsuits by places like Chicago. Did they ever think to try and go along or is the pure hatred of President Trump the only driving issue. I suspect hatred is the reason. Having the failed policies of democrats exposed is driving the dems to the brink of insanity. Thr Chicago Corporation Counsels office has the bottom of the barrel attorneys who are politically connected and were in the bottom 5% of their law school. The… Read more »

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