{"id":28856,"date":"2017-01-13T13:03:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T21:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28856"},"modified":"2017-01-13T13:03:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T21:03:35","slug":"chicago-police-officers-pattern-using-excessive-force-scathing-justice-dept-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28856","title":{"rendered":"Chicago police officers have pattern of using excessive force, scathing Justice Dept. report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/c1abe598-d9c0-11e6-a0e6-d502d6751bc8\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpv-blurb\">During a press conference on Jan. 13, Attorney General Loretta Lynch condemned the Chicago police department for engaging in a &#8220;pattern&#8221; of using &#8220;excessive force.&#8221;<\/span>(Reuters)<\/p>\n<div class=\"pb-sig-line hasnt-headshot has-0-headshots hasnt-bio is-not-column\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pb-sig-line hasnt-headshot has-0-headshots hasnt-bio is-not-column\">\u00a0<span class=\"pb-byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/mark-berman\/\">Mark Berman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/matt-zapotosky\/\">Matt Zapotosky<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"pb-timestamp\">January 13<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pb-sig-line hasnt-headshot has-0-headshots hasnt-bio is-not-column\"><\/div>\n<article>\n<div class=\"inline-content inline-video\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23527 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost-300x217.png\" alt=\"washingtonpost\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost-278x202.png 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A sprawling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2015\/12\/07\/justice-dept-announces-civil-rights-investigation-into-chicago-police-department\/?utm_term=.ba8fc34998ee\" target=\"_blank\">federal investigation<\/a>\u00a0into the Chicago police found that officers engage \u201cin a pattern or practice of use of excessive force,\u201d part of larger, ingrained failures in how the department trains officers and reviews misconduct, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department released <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.washingtonpost.com\/g\/documents\/national\/read-the-justice-departments-report-on-the-chicago-police-department\/2273\/\" target=\"_blank\">a scathing 164-page report<\/a>\u00a0elaborating on how police officers in the country\u2019s third-biggest city use force, \u201cincluding deadly force, that is unreasonable\u201d as well as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-inread\">This report is the culmination of a 13-month investigation into the Chicago Police Department, one launched amid a firestorm prompted by video footage of a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager.<\/div>\n<p>Federal investigators excoriated the department and city officials alike for what they called \u201csystemic deficiencies.\u201d They said their inquiry found that the Chicago police force did not provide officers with proper guidance for using force, did not properly investigate improper uses of force and did not hold officers accountable for such incidents. Investigators also\u00a0faulted the city\u2019s methods of handling officer discipline, saying that process \u201clacks integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"interstitial-link\"><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.washingtonpost.com\/g\/documents\/national\/read-the-justice-departments-report-on-the-chicago-police-department\/2273\/\">Read the full Justice Department report into the Chicago police<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Vanita Gupta, head of the department\u2019s Civil Rights Division, said that Chicago officers\u00a0were found to have shot people who posed no immediate threat and shocked people with Tasers simply for not following verbal commands.<\/p>\n<p>During the probe, investigators said they found cases where children were subjected to force for minor issues, including a 16-year-old girl hit with a baton and then shocked with a Taser for not leaving school when she was found carrying a cellphone. In another case described in the report, an officer \u201cforcibly handcuffed a 12-year-old Latino boy\u201d riding his bicycle near his father and refused to explain why.<\/p>\n<p>Gupta faulted the department for inadequate training, saying it used decades-old videos that provided guidance inconsistent with current law and even the department\u2019s own policies. She also described Chicago\u2019s accountability system as \u201cbroken,\u201d with officers rarely being held accountable for their misdeeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"interstitial-link\"><i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2017\/01\/13\/here-are-12-key-take-aways-from-the-justice-departments-scathing-report-on-chicagos-police\/?postshare=3571484337398497&amp;tid=ss_tw&amp;utm_term=.1c280dc4dfd5\">Here are 12 key takeaways from the Justice Department\u2019s scathing report on Chicago\u2019s police<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Chicago and around the country, reform cannot and will not happen overnight,\u201d Gupta said at the news conference Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch said that the Justice Department\u2019s investigation found that there is \u201cconsiderable work to be done\u201d to reform the Chicago police force, which will require independent oversight. As a result, she said the Justice Department would begin negotiations with city officials to enter a court-enforceable consent decree. She was joined at the news conference by Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) and Eddie Johnson, the police superintendent.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also released\u00a0an agreement, signed Friday by Emanuel and Gupta, that commits the city to further reforms. Gupta said career lawyers would begin negotiating a consent decree that would put court authority behind that agreement, similar to the order\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/baltimore-officials-and-doj-announce-agreement-to-revamp-police-practices\/2017\/01\/12\/14681c4a-d8de-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">just announced in Baltimore<\/a>on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"interstitial-link\"><i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/in-waning-days-of-administration-justice-department-tries-to-cement-legacy-of-police-reform\/2016\/12\/15\/3b33c516-c300-11e6-9578-0054287507db_story.html?tid=a_inl&amp;utm_term=.0424b683cbd5\">In Obama administration\u2019s waning days, a push to cement legacy of police reform<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Both announcements, in Baltimore and Chicago, arrive\u00a0in the twilight of the\u00a0Obama administration. Under Obama, the Justice Department has aggressively pursued investigations of police departments to probe for civil rights violations and is seeking to cement that legacy before President-elect Donald Trump, who long portrayed himself as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/donald-trump-preached-law-and-order-now-likely-comes-less-police-scrutiny-more-surveillance-of-muslims\/2016\/11\/10\/c430a234-a696-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html?utm_term=.cce80c63bbef\" target=\"_blank\">a staunch friend of law enforcement<\/a>, takes office.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s nominee to replace Lynch, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), has publicly been critical of such decrees, but the attorney general said she expected\u00a0the agreement would live on beyond this presidential administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, the top people at the Department of Justice move on, but this agreement is not dependent on one, or two, or three people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Capitol Hill during his confirmation hearing this week, Sessions suggested that entire departments filled with good officers could be tarred by the work of individuals and was critical of lawsuits that force reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese lawsuits undermine the respect for police officers and create an impression that the entire department is not doing their work consistent with fidelity to law and fairness, and we need to be careful before we do that,\u201d Sessions said. He\u00a0would not commit to leaving unchanged agreements that are in place when he takes over, though he said he would enforce them until changes are made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"interstitial-link\"><i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2016\/09\/06\/gun-violence-is-surging-in-chicago-where-residents-look-to-escape-fear-and-show-that-everything-is-not-all-bad\/?tid=a_inl&amp;utm_term=.b371258bb684\">Gun violence surges in Chicago, where residents want to show \u2018everything is not all bad\u2019<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Lynch did acknowledge that the agreement in many ways would require the buy-in of local authorities.\u00a0Emmanuel also acknowledged that there were questions were surrounding what the next administration would do, but said he knew with \u201ccertainty\u201d what Chicago\u2019s path would be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue on the path of reform, because that is the path of progress,\u201d he said. 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