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CHICAGO.

TAXPAYERS WILL PAY 50 MILLION DOLLARS TO 4 MEN WHO SPENT A COMBINED 73 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER BEING WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF THE 1995 DOUBLE MURDER BASED ON COERCED CONFESSIONS.

AFTER TODAY'S UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE MEN KNOWN AS THE MARQUETTE PARK FOR SAID NO AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD RETURN THE YEARS THEY LOST DUE TO CHICAGO POLICE MISCONDUCT W T TW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW FROM OUTSIDE CITY HALL.

HEATHER, LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT MAYOR JOHNSON TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT.

MANY BLACK MEN HAVE BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED.

YOU HAVE SPENT, YOU KNOW, THEIR LIVES PRISON.

FOR A CRIME.

THEY DID NOT COMMIT.

YOU FORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE OF MANY BLACK MEN WHO WAS IT TO GET ACCUSED OF A CRIME OR THEY ARE REDUCED TO SOME SORT OF CARICATURE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS TO BE DONE TO REFORM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT KEEP IN MIND THE CASE THAT WE'RE SETTLING AS A DIRECT RESULT OF PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS IGNORED.

THAT IS HE RIGHT KIND OF POLICE MISCONDUCT IN THE PAST.

WELL, JOHNSON PROMISED AGAIN TODAY TO CHART A NEW PATH FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH HAS BEEN BESET OF BY DECADES OF SCANDALS CAUSED BY POLICE MISCONDUCT AND BRUTALITY.

THERE'S BEEN 7 FULL-THROATED EFFORTS TO REFORM THE CPD.

NONE OF WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND THE CITY IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH JUST 7% OF THE FEDERAL COURT ORDER KNOWN AS THE CONSENT DECREE, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO CHANGE THE DEPARTMENT'S CULTURE AND PERFECT MISCONDUCT LIKE THIS ONE LIKE LIKE ALLEGED IN THIS CASE FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN.

THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST POLICE MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.

HEATHER, HOW DID WE GET HERE?

WHAT WENT WRONG?

WELL, THIS IS REALLY PART OF THE LEGACY OF FORMER COMMANDER JON BURGE, WHO TORTURED AND ABUSED HUNDREDS OF BLACK MEN'S FOR DECADES IN MANY CASES TO COURSE CONFESSIONS.

NOW THE DETECTIVES WHO OF OUR LIVES TO OF CAN COERCE THE CONFESSIONS IN THIS CASE, REPORTED TO BIRDS AND WERE TRAINED BY HIM.

AND THIS IS REALLY AN INDICATION THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS CASE TOOK PLACE 30 YEARS AGO, THE CITY IS STILL GRAPPLING WITH THE LEGACY LEFT BY BERGE AND THE OFFICERS THAT HE TRAINED.

HEATHER, THIS WASN'T THE ONLY POLICE MISCONDUCT LAWSUIT RESOLVE TODAY BY THE CITY COUNCIL TELLS ABOUT THE OTHER ONE.

SO THE CITY WILL PAY 2 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE FAMILY OF RONALD JOHNSON.

THE 3RD WHO WAS BETTER KNOWN AS RODDY MAN.

HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER IN 2014, JUST 8 DAYS BEFORE A SIMILAR INCIDENT TOOK THE LIFE OF LAQUAN MCDONALD.

NOW IN THE MCDONALD CASE, THE OFFICER, OF COURSE, JASON VAN WAS CHARGED AND CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

THE OFFICER IN THIS CASE, GEORGE HERNANDEZ REMAINS ON THE FORCE TODAY HAS NEVER FACED DISCIPLINE HIS ACTIONS IN THIS CASE AND EARNS MORE THAN $110,000 A YEAR.

HEATHER, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

WHAT HAS IT COST THE CONGO TAXPAYERS TO SETTLE THESE MISS POLICE MISCONDUCT IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS, CHICAGO TAXPAYERS HAVE PAID 60 MILLION DOLLARS RESOLVE MORE THAN 50 CASES ALLEGING A WIDE RANGE OF MISCONDUCT AND THE CITY'S INSURANCE CARRIER HAS PAID OUT AN ADDITIONAL 45 MILLION DOLLARS, INCLUDING 29 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE CASE OF THE SO-CALLED MARQUETTE PARK FOR WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHETHER THE CITY CAN EVEN COME IN UNDER BUDGET AND OR THE 82 MILLION DOLLARS.

IT SET ASIDE THIS YEAR TO COVER THE COST OF POLICE MISCONDUCT.

SETTLEMENTS.

THAT SEEMS UNLIKELY AT THIS 0, 6, MORE MONTHS TO FIND OUT.

HEATHER,