I haven't been following the story too much, but  the police (more specifically a police woman) shot an unarmed girl here in Chicago a while back.  The Mayor and Police Chief came on soon afterwards and said it was a bad shoot (this was done before any investigation).  Johnny Cochran got involved in the Lawsuit, and the city "settled" for $18 mil.  I caught a little on the news last night, and the survey they were doing was 3 to 1 against the City Council approving the settlement.

I agree on the $18 million being excessive.  I also think Johnny Cochran is a scum-sucking, publicity seeking piece of SHiT who doesn't deserve to get $6 million as his cut.  

I haven't been following the whole story, but I am wondering if someone can refresh my memory on the details??

I am also wondering if anyone else has heard what I was told at work last night.  I was told that there may have been an underlying problem--the girl that was shot was dating the police woman's ex-boyfriend??  I also heard that she was ordered to stop shooting long before the girl was killed?

I use girl loosely, as I am not sure of her exact age.

Thanks for any enlightenment.

I think, let me repeat think, it's the one where the girl was holding a cell phone during a traffic stop.
If I remember correctly the mayor and other officials didn't get off the fence until public opinion pushed them.

As far as the boyfriend angle, that's news to me. and I don't remember any fusillade of fire that anyone had to be ordered to stop.