In Chicago, cops harassed a women
In America's Chicago, the police have been ordered to pay $2.9 million (Rs 22 crore) to a black woman in America after the cops harassed her.
The victim filed a case against the police, after which the court ordered to pay compensation.
In the year 2019, some police officers forcibly entered the house of the woman, in the search of a criminal. She is said to be a social worker and was changing clothes at that time. The police put her in handcuffs and kept her standing without clothes. In handcuffs, she was interrogated for about half an hour.
Later on, they got to know that the criminal whom they were looking for did not live in that house but in the neighbor’s house. The woman felt deeply humiliated by this incident.
Then in February 2021, she filed a case, alleging that police officers misbehaved with her and humiliated her badly. She filed case against12 policemen.
After hearing the case, the court has now given the statement that the police failed to verify the information of the informer and the woman had to face unnecessary humiliation and harassment because of them. The court has ordered the woman to pay $2.9 million in damages for police misconduct.
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