Family Of Police Detainee Who Died In 2012 Reaches Settlement With City Of Chicago
(CBS) -- The family of Philip Coleman – the police detainee who died in 2012 after being hit with a Taser gun several times -- has reached a settlement with the city of Chicago.
Coleman's death has been the subject of previous 2 Investigations.
Surveillance video from December 2012 shows several police officers at the 5 District surrounding Coleman and using a stun gun on him. Unconscious, he was later dragged down a hallway. He later died in the hospital.
Coleman, a University of Chicago graduate, had suffered a mental breakdown. His family says he should have been hospitalized and received psychiatric care, not taken to jail.
The settlement will go before the Chicago City Council next month.
