$4,500,000 Settlement – Police Shooting

Freddie Wilson, a 34-year-old aspiring rap musician, was shot 18 times by three Chicago Police Department officers during a November 2007 traffic stop due to a broken headlight. Allegedly, the CPD officers used deadly force on Wilson when he posed no threat and was unarmed -- then engaged in a conspiracy to hide the fact that Wilson was unarmed by planting a gun at the scene.