The family of a woman who died in police custody has now filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department.
suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She also told officers she was an alcoholic in the middle of a relapse.A week before Christmas, 33-year-old Irene Chavez was at a bar on Chicago's South Side when she was arrested for simple battery. A few hours later, Chavez was found hanged in her police cell, her family says they were told by cops.
Despite this, her family said Chavez was taunted by police, placed alone in a cell and ignored until it was too late. COPA RELEASES VIDEO OF IRENE CHAVEZ'S FINAL MOMENTS AFTER SHE WAS FOUND DEAD IN CHICAGO POLICE STATION "Irene died because CPD officers refused to recognize her humanity, refused to accommodate her mental illness and refused to treat her as if her life mattered," said Sheila Bedi, an attorney for the Chavez family.
The Chicago Police Department had previously said they took Chavez's belt and shoe laces and handcuffed her to a bench when they put her in a lockup.
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