A transgender woman who alleged that two Cicero police officers humiliated her and discriminated against her because of her gender identity has settled a lawsuit with the town for $10,000. Cicero also agreed to enact guidelines for the police treatment of transgender people, according to her attorneys.
Bianca Feliciano, 18, filed the lawsuit in March, in which she detailed the alleged harassment and discrimination by Cicero police officers when she was walking down the street in the Western suburb with her friend in early February 2011. Two Cicero police officers profiled her as a prostitute because of her race and gender identity and refused to accept a state-issued ID, which properly identified her as a woman, according to the suit.
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