Drunk Driving Case Stirs Reaction from Family

A case in Chicago, Illinois has the local community up in arms about the death of a young woman. People are now blaming the police department for her death.

Three months ago police arrested the 25-year-old woman on DUI charges. However, they did not keep her overnight but decided to release her just a few hours later. Since she did not have anyone to pick her up at the police station, an officer drove her to a nearby gas station. She decided to walk home along the highway but was struck and killed by a motorist.

When the woman was first arrested that night she was found to have a blood-alcohol level that was twice the legal limit. As a result, her community now believes that she was too intoxicated to have been left alone by the highway. Her family is discussing the possibility of suing the city police department for her death.

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