Afternoon Briefing: Hotly contested Dexter Reed settlement set for vote

Chicago Tribune

09-04-2025

Good afternoon, Chicago.
A tourist couple hit by a car fleeing Chicago police downtown and left with devastating injuries may soon win a $32 million lawsuit settlement from the city. Aldermen are set to vote on the deal recommended by Mayor Brandon Johnson's Law Department Friday, according to the City Council Finance Committee agenda.
They will also vote on a previously stalled and hotly contested $1.25 million settlement for the family of Dexter Reed, the man shot and killed by officers in a gunfight that followed a plainclothes police traffic stop last year.
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