Family Of Man Dragged From His Cell Reportedly To Get $4.9 Million

CHICAGO (CBS/STMW) -- The family of Philip Coleman – the police detainee who died in 2012 after being hit with a Taser gun several times — has reportedly reached a $4.9 million settlement with the city of Chicago.

Coleman's death has been the subject of previous 2 Investigations. The Chicago Sun-Times reported the dollar amount on Monday. Family attorney Ed Fox told CBS 2 that number has not been finalized.

Surveillance video from December 2012 shows several police officers at the Calumet District police lockup surrounding Coleman and using a stun gun on him. Unconscious, he was later dragged down a hallway. He later died in the hospital.

Coleman, a University of Chicago graduate, had suffered a mental breakdown. His family says he should have been hospitalized and received psychiatric care, not taken to jail.

African-American aldermen were harshly criticized for signing off on a $5 million settlement to the family of Laquan McDonald — one week after the April 7, 2015 mayoral runoff and before a lawsuit had even been filed — without asking tough enough questions or seeing the incendiary shooting video, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

On Monday, the Emanuel administration helped them make amends by briefing them in small, closed-door groups on the $4.9 million settlement to be paid to the family of Philip Coleman months after the disturbing video had been made public.

After Coleman was removed from the lockup, he was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he allegedly struggled with police. Once again, an officer used a stun gun to subdue him. He died hours later.

Contributing: Sun-Times Media