City Council Committee Approves Police Brutality Settlement

2010_02_CPD.jpeg According to the Tribune, a key city council committee approved a $700,000 settlement with two Southwest side men for alleged police brutality in the summer of 2008.

The settlement, set to be considered Wednesday by the full council, relates to a July 2008 early morning incident at the Southwest Side home of Gustavo Arreola and his son, Juan-Carlos Arreola.

Police accused the younger Arreola of toting a gun, and a scuffle among police and family members occurred, according to the suit filed by the family. At one point, Guatavo Arreola was hit in the head with a weapon of some kind, causing a bloody skull fracture, the suit alleged.

A vote on the settlement will go before the full council Wednesday. Police have denied the claims.

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