Chicago Family Awarded $80 Million After Police Admit Guilt In Hot Pursuit Chase with Officers Blowing Stop Signs In Unmarked Car Leading to Crash That Killed 10-Year-Old Girl

A Chicago-area family was awarded nearly $80 million last week as part of a lawsuit related to a brief police chase that caused the suspect’s car to crash and kill their 10-year-old daughter four years ago. After a five-day trial, a Cook County jury delivered the stunning verdict against the city of Chicago, which only recently admitted culpability for the fatal collision that claimed the life of Da’Karia Spicer in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Sept. 2, 2020.  The girl’s father, Kevin Spicer, and younger brother, Dhaamir Spicer, now 9, who were both in the vehicle at the time of the crash, sustained severe injuries but survived. Da’Karia with her brother Dhaamir (Credit: Family Photo/CBS) The father was behind the wheel on the day of the crash. He and Da’Karia, along with her brother Dhaamir, were on their way to pick up a laptop for Da’Karia to begin remote learning as she prepared to start fifth grade at Foster Park Elementary School. Around the same time, police attempted to pull over a black Mercedes-Benz traveling east on 80th Street, while Kevin Spicer was driving west along the same road, approaching Halsted Street, where tragedy struck. The driver of the Mercedes...