A lawyer for a teen who was run over by a Chicago police SUV nearly two years ago has released video of the incident and is asking the city to settle with the girl’s family for $2.1 million.
SUV nearly two years ago has released video of the incident and is asking the city to settle with the girl’s family for $2.1 million.
"She is a girl who was captain of the basketball team, student council president, vocal, active … She is very resilient," said attorney Robert Fakhouri. "She doesn’t want to be looked at as a victim … she wants to rise above this."9700 block of South Yale Avenue Police ordered the group to stop and get to the ground near 111th Street and South Michigan Avenue. While others dispersed, Astarte followed the order, the suit states.Astarte was on the ground when an officer jumped out of a police SUV nearby and the car began rolling backward down the block, running over Astarte with both the rear and front tires, "causing traumatic and severe permanent injuries," the suit states.
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