Thread by @D_Stieber

Every time another Chicagoan is dehumanized by the Chicago Police Department, neighborhoods/schools are defunded to pay for CPD’s brutality. The City claims they’ll “reform” CPD, again, which just equals more funding for the police
A thread of payouts since 2010 because of CPD.

“Over the past decade, Chicago has paid more than a half billion dollars for police misconduct.”
npr.org/2020/09/19/914…

Between 2010 and 2014, Chicago spent $249.7 million on police misconduct cases;
…icefundingdatabase.tminstituteldf.org/misconductsett…

“Between 2011 and 2017, the City of Chicago paid $313 million in settlements in police misconduct cases.”
projects.chicagoreporter.com/settlements

“In 2013 alone, the city shelled out $84.6 million – the largest annual payout in the decade analyzed by the BGA, and more than triple the $27.3 million the city had initially projected to spend last year.”
bettergov.org/news/beyond-bu…

“The Logan case would bring the tab on Burge cases to nearly $60 million when legal fees are counted.”
chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-20…

“From a total of $5.5 million, each torture survivors would get nearly $100,000.”
themarshallproject.org/2018/10/30/pay…

“In 2014, The City of Chicago paid $54.2 million in settlements and verdicts for police misconduct cases last year, including more than $9.5 million in attorneys’ fees, according to an analysis of city law department data by The Chicago Reporter.”
chicagoreporter.com/chicago-police…

“In 2015, nearly $41 million was spent, including roughly $28 million on damages, $10 million on outside legal expenses and $3 million on other costs, according to data obtained from city government’s Law Department.”
bettergov.org/news/chicago-p…

“Overall, Chicago spent more than $280 million on misconduct lawsuits from 2011 to 2016, plus another $91 million for outside lawyers to help defend police officers in those suits.”
chicagoreporter.com/police-miscond…

“banks and other firms collect fees for the services they provide and investors collect interest. We call the bonds used to cover police-related settlement and judgment costs
Chicago (2010-2017) $709.3 million $860 million $1.57 billion”
acrecampaigns.org/wp-content/upl…

“Between 2012 and 2016, police officers assigned to the Chicago Public Schools accumulated over $2 million in misconduct settlements for activities on and off school grounds.”
povertylaw.org/wp-content/upl…

“In 2018 Chicago taxpayers paid out more than $85 million to settle police misconduct lawsuits and an additional $28 million to outside lawyers to defend these cases.”
chicagoreporter.com/chicago-spent-…

“Over the last 15 years, fees and costs for private attorneys in civil rights cases totaled $213 million...Last year alone, the city spent $30.1 million — that’s more than twice what it spent on the agency that investigates police misconduct.”
chicagotribune.com/investigations…

“The city’s 2020 budget set aside $153 million for legal settlements. In 2018, the city spent approximately $113 million to settle police misconduct cases.”
blockclubchicago.org/2020/02/20/div…

“Chicago taxpayers will spend $300,000 to compensate a former 16-year-old special needs student Tased and wrestled down a flight of stairs by police officers at Marshall High School after refusing to put away her cellphone during a test.”
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020…

“Chicago taxpayers will soon be on the hook for more than $750,000 to settle three more lawsuits accusing Chicago police officers of misconduct, including a case in which a Cook County judge ruled police fabricated testimony”
chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/12/14/fin…

“What Chicago doesn’t do is face down the ruinous costs of police misconduct against its people.”
rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

More to come, “In total, the department received 520 complaints against officers May 29-Oct. 31 related to protests.”
blockclubchicago.org/2020/11/11/pol…

On top of all that, when mandated to reform...”the city missed 89 of 124 deadlines during the first year under the order.”
chicagotribune.com/investigations…

It’s been proven over and over for generations, that the Chicago Police Department continues to harm, brutalize & murder Black & Brown Chicagoans. Through all of that the City just throws money at the problem & hopes it just goes away while trying to routinely bury all evidence.