Paul Vallas: The War on Chicago Police – Chicago Contrarian

"Since 2008, Chicago taxpayers have spent over $1.1 billion on settlements and verdicts relating to police misconduct, with the annual bills rising dramatically during the Foxx administration. ... Virtually no one in the press asks whether recipients of these settlements were actually innocent or if the settlement sizes are justified. Since 2000, the city has paid out over $700 million in lawsuits where innocence was not established, but police misconduct was alleged — routinely making multi-millionaires out of violent felons."