Chicago will pay nearly $300,000 to a Southwest Side bar owner and two men falsely arrested by Special Operations Section officers, settling a lawsuit that helped shut down the scandal-plagued police unit.
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Chicago will pay nearly $300,000 to a Southwest Side bar owner and two men falsely arrested by Special Operations Section officers, settling a lawsuit that helped shut down the scandal-plagued police unit.