How Chicago racked up a $662M police misconduct bill

How Chicago racked up a $662M police misconduct bill - Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:
"Chicago has racked up a $662 million bill to settle police misconduct cases, but few officers have been punished"
...Caine is just one example of huge police settlements that have tarnished the city in recent years. Among them:

• A one-time death row inmate beaten by police: $6.1 million. 
• An unarmed man fatally shot by an officer: $4.1 million.
• And last year, the family of Laquan McDonald, the black teenager shot 16 times by a white officer, received $5 million. 

His death, captured in a shocking video, led to a murder charge against the officer, the police commissioner’s firing and thunderous street protests with calls for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation.
Chicago has paid a staggering sum — about $662 million — on police misconduct since 2004, including judgments, settlements and outside legal fees, according to city records.
The payouts, for everything from petty harassment to police torture, have brought more financial misery to a city already drowning in billions of dollars of pension debt..."