Jamel Tate was not who police were chasing, but the city billed him for a light pole damaged in the crash

Jamel Tate was not who police were chasing, but the city billed him for a light pole damaged in the crash

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Jamel Tate was not who police were chasing, but the city billed him for a light pole damaged in the crash

A Milwaukee police officer driving the wrong way on 44th street T-boned Jamel Tate's car at Locust, totaling it in November 2018.

Tate was not who police were chasing.

Even as Tate was still recovering, he received a $1,600 bill for a light pole that was knocked down from the crash.

It took more than three years, but the city just paid out the maximum of $250,000 and dropped the bill for the light pole.

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