Multi-million dollar lawsuit settlements regarding police conduct typically get push back from some alderman but not in this case.
"I support it 100% it's a great move for the city great job from the law department I'm 100% supportive," 38th Ward Ald. Nick Sposato said.
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The City Council's Committee on Finance unanimously approved a $90 million settlement for 176 civil right violations cases involved former disgraced Chicago Police Sergeant Ronald Watts.
Watts was convicted and sentenced for shaking down residents in the Ida B Wells public housing complex.
Chicago's lead attorney Mary Richardson-Lowry told aldermen that these cases involving Watts had already cost the city millions of dollars.
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The cases had been thrown out by the State and the individuals were already awarded certificates of innocence.
Richardson-Lowry previously said if the city continued to fight these federal civil rights cases it could cost the city hundreds of millions.
"This is the most prolific historically of any series of acts by member of CPD so it really does close a chapter," Chicago's Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry said.
On Monday, Theresa Kleinhaus, the attorney representing the 180 individuals involved in the settlement, shared a statement saying:
"Nothing can undo the harm that Watts caused, but at least everyone will be able to put this behind them."
Notably absent were the voices of the men and women involved in these cases.
In 2015, Mark Clements was among the torture survivors who settled with the city for $5.5 million. Those cases involved former police commander Jon Burge.
The settlement goes before full council next week.