A protester punched by a Chicago police officer at a heated 2020 demonstration is now in line to get a $280,000 settlement from the city.
Activist Miracle Boyd lost a front tooth at a protest near Grant Park’s Christopher Columbus statue when former Officer Nicholas Jovanovich struck her phone, causing it to hit her face, according to a Civilian Office of Police Accountability report. Finance Committee aldermen advanced the settlement Monday, setting it up for a final vote Wednesday.
Before the committee’s 22-to-7 vote decision, Boyd told the aldermen the damage went far beyond her teeth…