Posted on 01/13/2017 8:24:11 AM PST by Olog-hai
Institutional problems within the Chicago Police Department have led to serious civil rights violations for years, including racial bias against blacks and a tendency to use excessive force, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report released Friday.
The Justice Department launched its investigation of the 12,000-officer force — one of the nation’s largest — in December 2015 following the release of dashcam video showing a white police officer shoot a black teenager, Laquan McDonald, 16 times as he walked away holding a small, folded knife. The video of the 2014 shooting, which the city fought to keep from being released, inspired large protests and cost the city’s police commissioner his job.
Among other findings, the report found city police used excessive and that “this pattern is largely attributable to systemic deficiencies within CPD and the City.” It also cited insufficient training and a failure to hold bad officers accountable. …
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Typical of leftist Obama admin to blame the Chicago PD on the problems. The Lynch mob shows her disdain for the police and law & order.
I assume every word of it is false, including "the" and "a".
And you thought the murder ate in Chicago couldn’t go higher? Just watch. Maybe they should just get rid of all the cops. Would help the budget!
Damn the fascist conservative Republican power structure in Chicago that allows this to happen.
Thank you, knewb. Where be thine article.
Considering what a hell hole it is, I think the Police are acting with restraint.
Some people have a life, work, bills, Harleys to ride..
As with every DoJ “pattern and practice” investigation they release a summary with none of the supposed evidence included which they used to arrive at their conclusions.
DoJ says “ If you believe we are wrong and want to know how we came to these conclusions...sue us”
Lol. I just happen to turn on the news and saw the live presser and figured it would be a topic worth discussing.
The Obamunists want local law enforcement neutered so that thugs can run wild in the streets.
Why didn’t the Obamas move back there, they love the south side so much? Send Sasha to school there like the Bushes at least did.
I saw Lynch on Fox News too. Quite nauseating; a rehash of the same old Obama rhetoric.
The Bushes sent their offspring to a South Side school?
Let all of the Chicago PD walk off the job for a month or few, and see what happens.
Cops not wanted in Chicago? Be careful what you wish for.
Oh, and don’t bother calling in the NG or the feds, clean up your own damn mess.
“Considering what a hell hole it is, I think the Police are acting with restraint.”
Overall, that’s probably true, but this business with Laquan’s shooting is clearly murder by cop. And each time an individual officer anywhere does something like this, it simply hardens the relations and makes good law enforcement a whole lot more difficult. As for the CPD specifically, they have a long-standing reputation for abusing citizens and it needs to stop.
I think the facts of the investigation are worth consideration. I don’t view an investigation itself as a “war on cops”.
No the Bushes sent Sasha to a Chicago south side school. LOL j/k
doyou guys get sweety points for saying duplicate all the time?
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