CHICAGO — A federal judge has dismissed Dakotah Earley’s lawsuit that tried to hold the city and a handful of Chicago police officers responsible for not pursuing a carload of armed robbers who later shot and nearly killed Earley during a holdup in Lincoln Park.
The lawsuit, U.S. District Judge LaShonda Hunt recently summarized in her order dismissing the case, sought to hold the city responsible for “a policy that chills and hampers police officers from pursuing fleeing suspects.”
“The happy side after all this is we’re too busy living,” Earley’s mom, Joy Dobbs, said. “Dakotah has relocated. He is taking some finance classes… Things are great and God is so good and present.”…