The boy was arrested on suspicion of stealing his own car. And now he will pay $1.25 million

Authorities Evanston city, what about Chicago (Il), previously agreed to pay to Lawrence Crosby, a former graduate student at Northwestern University, $1.25 million. Such is the price of «police errors», where in 2015 the plaintiff, according to him, was beaten and arrested for stealing a car, which turned out to be… his own.

The head of the Evanston city Wally Bobkiewicz refused to announce the amount of the agreement before final approval by the city Council next week. But the lawyer of the victim, Timothy Toui noted edition of the Chicago Tribune that the amount is $1.25 million

In the words of Toui, the day of the accident 25-year-old Lawrence Crosby repairing your car. Seeing this, a passing woman rushed to tell the police about the «African American trying to steal a car.» When Crosby got into the car and went to the University, the woman followed him in his car to the University buildings. Drove to the same and the police.

The lawyer said: when he was stopped by the police, Crosby got out of the car with his hands up, but the guy grabbed it and began stabbing him until he sat down on the ground. Soon, the police found that the car belongs to Lawrence Crosby, but it is still accused of resisting arrest. However, later the charges were still dropped.

After the arrest of Crosby, a representative of the police Department Evanston city stated that the use of force by police was justified because the officers «responded to the probable fact of theft.»

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