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Chicago has agreed to pay $306,250 in damages to 20 targets of the Police Department’s now-defunct Red Squad, an attorney said. The tentative out-of-court settlement, which must be approved in U.S. District Court, was the result of a 1974 federal lawsuit by 25 plaintiffs who contended that the Red Squad unit systematically spied on and disrupted lawful activities of local community, church and civic groups.
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