My Thoughts on the Bloomington Lawsuit Settlement

By: Diane Benjamin The City of Bloomington announced they had settled a lawsuit against the City and former Assistant Police Chief Paul Williams: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-10-21/plaintiffs-attorney-calls-for-an-independent-investigation-following-bloomington-police-misconduct-settlement The amount in this story is wrong. Each of the plaintiffs did not get $25,000. They got $24,999.99. Why is that important? Because of this action by the then City Council […]

Bloomington Assistant Police Chief on Administrative Leave

By: Diane Benjamin A lawsuit has been filed against the City of Bloomington for the actions of the Assistant Police Chief. The City must consider this legitimate enough to put Paul Williams on Administrative leave. This was filed in Federal Court by a Chicago law firm. Pages 2-4 outline the allegations: