A Chicago police officer who said hard-core pornography was left in her mailbox every day for six months after she became the first and only woman in an eight-member undercover gang unit was awarded $150,000 in damages in her harassment lawsuit. The federal jury also ordered the city of Chicago to pay $500,000 in legal fees. The police department's internal affairs unit had dismissed most of McDermott's complaints, but a police spokeswoman said investigators will now revisit the case.
August 02, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A Chicago police officer who said hard-core pornography was left in her mailbox every day for six months after she became the first and only woman on an undercover gang unit was awarded $150,000 in damages in her harassment lawsuit.
“I told the jury exactly what happened, and the Chicago Police Department, including one commander, one captain, two lieutenants and seven sergeants, all tried to say I wasn’t telling the truth, and the jury saw through it,” Ann McDermott said outside court.
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