The Chicago city council voted unanimously Thursday to pay $90 million for 176 people who were victims of a corrupt former police sergeant.
The settlement puts to rest 180 lawsuits related to people who were framed by disgraced former police Sgt. Ronald Watts for drug crimes they did not commit. The settlement marks the end of one of the largest police misconduct scandals in the city’s history.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called the settlement a “historic action.”…