Afternoon Briefing: Activist punched by Chicago cop in line for settlement
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A protester punched by a Chicago police officer at a heated 2020 demonstration is now in line to get a $280,000 settlement from the city.
Activist Miracle Boyd lost a front tooth at a protest near Grant Park's Christopher Columbus statue when former Officer Nicholas Jovanovich struck her phone, causing it to hit her face, according to a report from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. Finance Committee aldermen advanced the proposed settlement today, setting it up for a final vote Wednesday.
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As Chicago police continue to investigate the death of a woman found last year in the stairwell of a South Loop high-rise, a judge ordered her estranged husband to be extradited to Michigan where a bench warrant was issued in connection to preexisting domestic violence charges he faces there. Read more here.
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