An Illinois woman who was partially blinded after a violent arrest by Chicago police during the uprisings in the days immediately following George Floyd's murder is one step closer to participating in a seven-figure settlement. A Chicago City Council committee voted last week to pay damages to those involved in her case and two other lawsuits brought by citizens who claim harm from police wrongdoing. On Thursday, February 17, the Chicago City Council Committee on Finance voted 13-7 to settle for $1.675 million with Mia Wright and four other people with her when she was pulled from a car by at least seven officers in a mall parking lot on May 31, 2020. The five people were targeted as suspects because the officers had staked out the mall. The 13 Black committee members voted for the settlement to be voted on by the group of five African-Americans. The full council will vote on the settlement this week. Raymond Lopez said that the city would be opening a box and giving everyone an excuse to start suing if they settled the lawsuit. If approved by the Council, Wright would receive the largest payouts, and she says her dream of becoming a paramedic was hampered because of her violent confrontation with the police. A group of people were surrounded by police in the parking lot of the Brickyard Mall when officers smashed the front passenger window with their batons and ordered them to get out of the car. Many businesses were closed on that Sunday as protests over the murder of George Floyd became more violent, but this family was unaware that it had been closed. The former emergency medical technician student claims she was trying to obey the officers command and get out of her cousin's vehicle. She was pulled out of the car by a cop before she could get out. He kneeled on her neck after putting her on the ground. Wright was arrested on disorderly conduct charges, and she says it wasn't until she was in the back of a police cruiser that she realized she had shards of glass in her eye. Wright said that he only thought about what happened to George Floyd. During the Finance Committee meeting, Nicholas Sposato said he didn't think Wright and her relatives were at the mall to shop. He claims they were there to loot stores. An investigation conducted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability found no evidence that Wright, Tnika Tate, Kim Woods, or Javon Hill were involved with any criminal activity. No one from the car fit the description of a prospective looter with a hammer that officers were looking for, nor was any stolen property found in their car. Fronczak stated that the five were caught in chaos and confusion. At least one officer has been recommended to be terminated and seven have been disciplined for their involvement in the incident. Black Chicagoans should not be allowed to go to stores outside of their community because of the color of their skin, said Hairston. Two settlements were approved on the same day, one of which was for a woman whose 15-month-old son was killed when he was hit by a car while he was playing outside. In the proposed settlement, Wright would get $650,000 and the others in her group would get $243,750. The recommendation from city lawyers will be forwarded to the full body for a final vote. Our partners have more news. The parents of a man who died after being beaten by six European men return to Greece for a re trial. Antonio Brown signed a $5 million deal with Fwaygo Music and then went on a rant against the team. The $68 trillion transfer of Generational Wealth could be missed by black Americans. Here's why. In a video by predator catchers Indianapolis, a man identified as Jeren Miles said he sent inappropriate messages to someone he thought was a boy. 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