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Chicago City Council Approves $261M Police Misconduct Settlement Tied To Detective Guevara

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 14, 5:49 AM CDT

updated Oct 14, 1:28 PM CDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WLS-TV and Chicago Sun-Times, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

The Chicago City Council approved a police misconduct settlement tied to Detective Guevara for 17 victims of the corrupt former officer, WLS-TV and the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The settlement total was reported as $261M by WLS-TV and $260.8M by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 3, Oct 14, 6:14 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 14, 5:54 AM CDT · first source seenOct 14, 1:58 PM CDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 14, 6:09 AM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 14, 1:58 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.