City Approves Settlement for Tanning Salon Manager in Police Abuse Case

The Chicago City Council Finance Committee has approved a $150,000 settlement of a lawsuit filed by a tanning salon manager who claims she was struck by a police officer and verbally abused during a raid on the business.

City attorney Leslie Darling told committee members Monday videotape shows Jianqing Klyzek resisting arrest and an officer striking her after she was handcuffed. Darling said comments made by police could inflame a jury.

The 32-year-old Klyzek is a naturalized U.S. citizen from China. The video appears to show an officer saying he will put Klyzek in a box and send her back to where she came from.

In the video, officers are seen entering the spa and attempting to detain the salon's manager, Jianqing "Jessica" Klyzek.

"You’re not f****** American," one police officer is heard on the video yelling to Klyzek. "I’ll put you in a UPS box and send you back to wherever the f*** you came from."

"I’m a citizen, OK?" Klyzek responded.

"No you’re not! No, you’re not a citizen! No, you’re not! No, you’re not! You’re here on our borrowed time," the officer said. "So mind your f****** business before I shut this whole f****** place down.

And I’ll take this place and then whoever owns it will f****** kill you because they don’t care about you, OK? I’ll take this building. You’ll be dead and your family will be dead."

Klyzek's lawyer, Torreya Hamilton, says her client was also physically abused during the raid.

"One of the police officers strikes her in the head from behind while she's handcuffed behind her back and subdued," Hamilton said. "They are treating her like she is less than a human being."