From left: Ald. Leslie Hairston (5), Ald. Jason Ervin (28) and Ald. Nicholas Sposato (38) speaking during a committee meeting on Thursday. 

In a split vote, aldermen gave initial approval to a more than $1.6 million payment to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged that her constitutional rights were violated when police officers pulled her by her hair from a car and placed a knee on her neck at the Brickyard Mall in May 2020.