Feds: Excessive force a big problem for Chicago police
CHICAGO — The Justice Department released the findings of its yearlong investigation into civil rights abuses by the Chicago Police Department going back years. Here’s a look at what’s in the report and what could happen next: MAIN FINDING The report’s main finding is that Chicago’s police force has displayed a long-standing pattern of using excessive force. It says some officers resort to force so quickly that it “results in fear and distrust from many of the people whom the police are committed to protect.” The report mentions the 2014 police shooting of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager who was shot 16 times by a white officer, calling his death “a tipping point — igniting long-standing concerns about. The Chicago Police Department has a policy for how officers should pursue fleeing cars, but it has been violated on many occasions, according to the report.
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