“I wanted change”
– a Q&A with Linda Tirado

Sidley pro bono client Linda Tirado sat down with Tai-Heng Cheng, co-lead pro bono counsel for Ms. Tirado’s case and global co-head of the international arbitration and trade practice at Sidley, to discuss the seismic impact of the recent settlement reached between Ms. Tirado and the City of Minneapolis.

Ms. Tirado, a freelance journalist, was permanently blinded in one eye from a projectile fired by a Minneapolis Police Department officer while she covered a Black Lives Matter protest in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Sidley filed a complaint against the City of Minneapolis and others on Ms. Tirado’s behalf stating claims for violations of her constitutional rights, as well as common law battery.

The settlement, which was approved in June 2022, included a substantial monetary sum for Ms. Tirado, as well as acknowledgements from the City with respect to policies and procedures related to the use of force.