City Seeks Dismissal of Bartender Beating Verdict

" Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is hoping big bucks will make an embarrassing situation go away.

City officials are seeking to pay Karolina Obrycka $850,000 if a federal judge will overturn last month's jury verdict in her case against former Chicago Police officer Anthony Abbate.

"This agreement, in my view, closes a chapter on something before I was mayor happened, and it also allows us to protect the city against future lawsuits," Emanuel said Tuesday.

Abbate was off-duty when his vicious beating of Obrycka, who was working as a bartender, was captured on videotape "

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