The Justice Department on Monday announced an investigation into whether the Chicago Police Department has engaged in a “pattern or practice of violation of the Constitution or federal law,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday.
The announcement of the federal probe, which will focus on the department’s use of force and its accountability measures, comes after a police dashcam video was released that shows a white police department officer fatally shooting a black teenager, Laquan McDonald, in October, 2014.
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