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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Another one of the parting-shot land mines strewn around days before inauguration for the Trump administration to deal with.
The president-elect is big on the side of law enforcement...and this DOJ politicized and biased "report" is designed to de-legitimize both Mr. Trump and Chicago police officers simultaneously.
Leni
That is essentially the summary. The details of the investigation are likely to substantiate that claim.
‘Appalling’ state of Cleveland police complaint investigators must be fixed, monitor says
http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/01/appalling_state_of_cleveland_p.html
At this point, the Monitoring Team struggles for language sufficiently strong to communicate how unacceptable and appalling the state of OPS as an entity is,” the report says.
How about a scathing report on how the Obama administration has led to more racism than ever and how the mayor of Chicago has distanced himself from working to solve the problem?
Lynch Lynch!!! ...
Now we know why the One won’t be living in Chicago
His work there is done.
The murder rate in Chicongo would DROP if they got rid of the cops!
Why?
Because decent people would arm themselves absent the police to keep them defenseless.
And the decent people would get to declare open season on the criminals who are frankly being protected by the police.
I’ll bet that many of the top leadership and officers of the Chicago PD are black. Are they racist?
Interesting point.
Premeditated timing! Yup!
...and this DOJ politicized and biased “report” is designed to de-legitimize both Mr. Trump and Chicago police officers simultaneously. Absolutely!!
Interesting that they waited to release until after Barry gave his farewell address. Of course—he had to have police totally focused on keeping him safe...
The obvious solution is to shut the police department down and let the citizens of Chicago work out their differences as they see fit.
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