The Village of Oak Lawn has agreed to pay $825,000 to a Bridgeview man who was arrested as a teenager during a 2022 traffic stop. YES YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY!!! Hadi Abuatelah, now 21, was 17 when Oak Lawn officers pulled over a vehicle in July 2022 and claimed they smelled marijuana. Body camera footage shows Abuatelah running from the stop before officers caught him in the street. Video from the arrest captured officers striking him repeatedly and deploying a taser, injuries that sent him to the hospital. Prosecutors later alleged one officer punched the teen more than 10 times,…
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