CHICAGO (WLS) -- A historic settlement moves closer to becoming reality as the City's finance committee tries to cut Chicago's losses on some police misconduct cases.

Multi-million dollar lawsuit settlements regarding police conduct typically get push back from some alderman but not in this case.

"I support it 100% it's a great move for the city great job from the law department I'm 100% supportive," 38th Ward Ald. Nick Sposato said.

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