Police State, Image Source: Kate Sheets

Detroit could have been on the hook for millions of dollars in a lawsuit alleging police abuse. Lawyers, however, are closing the case after eight years, acknowledging that the claims of possibly 200,000 people are practically worthless.

The reason? Detroit’s 2013 bankruptcy.

The 2010 lawsuit, which described poor conditions in holding cells and excessive detentions, was in progress when Detroit became the largest U.S. city to seek protection from creditors. The city eventually emerged with a clean balance sheet, a robust downtown and a national buzz among millennials .

But a new, flush Detroit doesn’t mean a windfall for people who won the class-action case.

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