The Justice Department released a statement Friday morning about a long-standing pattern of civil rights violations in the Chicago Police Department.
“The CPD engaged in a pattern and practice of excessive force, in violation of the 4th Amendment,” outgoing Attorney General Loretta Lynch said at a news conference Friday. She added the department has “severely deficient training.”
The federal investigation was launched more than a year ago after the 2015 release of a video showing a white Chicago Police officer shooting and killing Laquan McDonald a black teenager 16 times. In 2016, Chicago saw more than 730 homicides, the cities highest number since the ’90s.
JUST IN: Department of Justice investigation finds Chicago Police Department engages in a pattern of excessive force https://t.co/cOFN0t8vCo
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