U.S. Justice Department To Investigate Chicago Police For Civil Rights Violations

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday morning her office will investigate the Chicago Police Department for possible civil rights violations. At the second largest force in the nation, Chicago's will be the largest department the Attorney General's office has ever investigated.  

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wrote to Lynch Dec. 1 urgently requesting a probe into the police department. Madigan asked the DOJ to investigate issues including use of deadly force, discriminatory policing and internal misconduct to determine if they amount to civil rights violations. 

Madigan called for the DOJ probe days after a court order forced the city of Chicago to release dashboard camera footage of a fatal police-involved shooting from 2014. The video shows 17-year-old Laquan McDonald walking away from police before he is shot 16 times.

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