CHICAGO (AP) – A federal jury in Chicago has awarded $5 million to the family of a 46-year-old woman who died in Chicago police custody after complaining of heart problems.
The U.S. District Court jury found Thursday against four police officers and a citizen’s aide accused of ignoring Patricia Cobige’s pleas for pain treatment for a heart condition while she was being held in a police station in 2006.
An attorney for the Cobige family said Cobige died because officers didn’t give her two aspirin.
But a spokeswoman for Chicago’s Law Department said that notion was an unreasonable assertion. Law department spokeswoman Jennifer Hoyle said an expert for the plaintiff testified there was nothing to have alerted the officers that Cobige had cardiac problems.
Hoyle said the city is reviewing possible appeal options.
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Justice has been served.
Another crime committed by police that has finally come to light.
Refusing medication to anyone while in need is a crime. (Patrica, Now you can rest in peace.) I lOve and Miss You dearly.