Former Northwestern PhD student accused of stealing his own car settles with Evanston
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Source: Chicago Tribune
The City of Evanston has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit filed by a Northwestern University doctoral candidate against the city and four police officers after the then-PhD student was arrested and accused of stealing his own car, attorneys and the city manager have confirmed.
Attorneys for former Northwestern student Lawrence Crosby said the settlement amount was $1.25 million, and though Evanston City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz confirmed a settlement had been reached, he declined to provide the amount pending final City Council approval at its Jan. 28 meeting.
Attorney Steven Yonover, who represented Crosby, said his client hopes the case results in education efforts surrounding bias.
“It’s his hope that as a result of this case, that all of us begin a discussion on implicit bias and begin to recognize it and begin to discuss it between yourselves and your friends,” Yonover said.
Crosby's civil lawsuit, filed Oct. 11, 2016, in Cook County Circuit Court, cited false arrest and excessive force, and asked the city of Evanston and the arresting police officers to pay at least $50,000 for "compensatory and punitive damages, fees, costs and such other relief."
Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-crosby-settlement-tl-0124-story.html
Extra credit to the cops arresting him anyway even after he showed proof that he owned the car...
You'd think police departments and white folks constantly looking out their windows with 9-1-1 on speed dial would learn a lesson at SOME point
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