Chicago Cops Loot Taxpayers For Settlement After Beating Woman During Raid; Video 'May Inflame Jury'

Chris | InformationLiberation
Oct. 21, 2014

From the Chicago Tribune:
The city of Chicago is expected to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a woman who accused police of hitting, threatening and berating her during a July 2013 raid at a North Side tanning salon.

Jianqing Klyzek sued 10 Chicago police officers in May, and the city decided to quickly settle the case in light of video that included “comments from police that we believe could inflame a jury” and lead to a considerably larger judgment, said Leslie Darling, first deputy corporation counsel for the city Law Department.

Police raided Copper Tan and Spa in the Noble Square neighborhood after an undercover officer working as part of a vice squad was allegedly offered sex for money. Video surveillance footage from inside the business showed Klyzek on her knees and handcuffed within seconds of the officers entering. The footage showed an officer standing behind the petite woman slapping her in the head while another threatened to hit her with a Taser “10 f---ing times.”

Another officer then got in her face and began to shout at her, according to the video. “You're not a f------ American,” the officer yelled at Klyzek, according to the video. “I'll put you in a UPS box and send you back to wherever the f--- you came from!”

Police officers can be seen on the video searching for the surveillance tape, but they were unsuccessful because it was recorded off-site, according to the federal lawsuit Klyzek filed accusing the Chicago Police Department and the officers of brutality and a hate crime.

Torreya Hamilton, Klyzek’s attorney, said her client was satisfied with the settlement. For Klyzek, an American citizen who emigrated from China, the money wasn’t of paramount importance, Hamilton said.

“It was about asserting her rights, as a valuable, contributing citizen,” Hamilton said. “In the video you can hear her saying ‘I’m a citizen, I have rights,’ and that’s what this was about to her.”
Of course, for the cops it's all about the opposite: asserting their dominance over their slaves.

Watch the disturbing video for yourself (turn down your volume):














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