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Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune: Politics
Wed, 04/13/2016 - 4:00pm

The Cook County Board on Wednesday approved paying out more than $1.4 million for alleged mistreatment of detainees at the county jail run by Sheriff Tom Dart. Most of the money — more than $1.2 million — will be paid to settle a federal civil rights, class-action lawsuit brought by men who said...

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