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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. attorney general still deciding whether to impose reforms on Chicago police
Source: Reuters
POLITICS | Mon Feb 27, 2017 | 7:04pm EST
U.S. attorney general still deciding whether to impose reforms on Chicago police
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday the Justice Department was still deciding whether it would seek to impose reforms on the Chicago police force, which was the subject of a critical report by the former Obama administration.
In a report issued on Jan. 13, a week before President Donald Trump took office, the Justice Department said Chicago police routinely violated the civil rights of people. It cited excessive force, racially discriminatory conduct and a "code of silence" to thwart investigations into police misconduct.
Chicago and federal officials signed an agreement in principle to create a court-enforced consent decree addressing the issues revealed by the probe when the report was released. The consent decree must be negotiated, then approved by a federal judge.
Sessions has not committed to entering into negotiations with the department to determine what reforms, if any, should follow.
"I have not made a decision about that, but I am really worried about Chicago," Sessions said told reporters at a briefing.
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U.S. attorney general still deciding whether to impose reforms on Chicago police
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday the Justice Department was still deciding whether it would seek to impose reforms on the Chicago police force, which was the subject of a critical report by the former Obama administration.
In a report issued on Jan. 13, a week before President Donald Trump took office, the Justice Department said Chicago police routinely violated the civil rights of people. It cited excessive force, racially discriminatory conduct and a "code of silence" to thwart investigations into police misconduct.
Chicago and federal officials signed an agreement in principle to create a court-enforced consent decree addressing the issues revealed by the probe when the report was released. The consent decree must be negotiated, then approved by a federal judge.
Sessions has not committed to entering into negotiations with the department to determine what reforms, if any, should follow.
"I have not made a decision about that, but I am really worried about Chicago," Sessions said told reporters at a briefing.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-chicago-idUSKBN16700D
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U.S. attorney general still deciding whether to impose reforms on Chicago police (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2017
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. has not got his marching orders from Trump yet
Phoenix61
(17,009 posts)2. Whatever he decides it won't
involve training/retraining police to stop violating people's civil rights or using excessive force.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)3. This is Sessions' kind of people n/t