A Chicago woman was awarded a $875,000 settlement from village police in Chicago after she accused officers of excessive force during her DUI arrest.
Cassandra Feuerstein in a federal lawsuit said former Officer Michael Hart of the Skokie Police Department seriously injured her during her arrest in March 2013.
Surveillance video from a jail shows an officer shoving Feuerstein into a cell, her face landing on the corner of a cement bench. She stays curled on the floor before an officer comes to check on her. As police treat her, blood can be seen pooling on the floor…