West Cook News

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been slapped with a lawsuit over the city's non-pursuit policy by a Lincoln Park culinary student who was shot three times during a robbery on the North Side last year on Feb. 9.

Attorneys for robbery victim Dakotah Earley argue that the crime could have been prevented, according to WGN9 News. They are pointing toward the Chicago Police Department’s controversial pursuit policy, alleging that it created dangerous conditions on the streets that led to Earley’s injuries.

Cass Casper, an attorney at Disparti Law, is defending the victim and he proposed a few questions to the city of Chicago.

“Why was this criminal and his crew allowed to, over a course of days, commit complete mayhem on the North Side of the city of Chicago, with multiple crime victims and no one did anything to put a stop to it?” Casper asked.

In addition, days before their client was robbed and shot in Lincoln Park, police had actionable information on the whereabouts of Tyshon Brownlee, the man accused of the crime, but officers failed to act on the matter, Casper said.

Therefore, Lightfoot and Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown are named in the soon-to-be-filed lawsuit.

“We’re suing the city of Chicago as a municipal corporation; we’re suing Mayor Lightfoot and Superintendent David Brown as the administrator who are responsible for passing and overseeing the non-pursuit policy,” Casper said.