Department of Justice to Investigate Chicago Police in Wake of Laquan McDonald Case

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Video and more: ABCnews

The U.S. Department of Justice is opening a civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department's pattern and practices, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said today.

The probe, which will focus on use of force and accountability within the police department, is the latest fallout from the shooting death of black teen Laquan McDonald and comes nearly two weeks after dash cam video allegedly showing Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting the teenager last year was released following a court order.

"What we are looking at is whether or not the police department has engaged in unconstitutional policing," Lynch said in announcing the investigation, which she said had been requested by several officials and activists.

The probe, which will be handled by the department's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney General's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, will particularly look into the use of deathly force and the accountability systems in place at the Chicago Police Department, including disciplinary actions and the department's response to complaints of misconduct.

There's no set timeline for the investigation. Lynch said she is expecting cooperation.

"It's in the interest of the people of Chicago, who deserve a world-class police department and constitutional policing," she said....

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1. This is all about the videos.

Both the dashcam from the police car and the one from the private business which mysteriously had a gap in precisely the important time frame.

But here's the thing. It was months before the dashcam video was released and it had to go to the courts to get it released.

So, the question is, who was responsible for the rather overt obstruction of justice in this case? As we all hopefully learned from the Watergate case, the cover-up can result in more consequences than the infraction.

How high does this admitted scandal go within Chicago's administration?

We all have our suspicions. But I hope that any investigation will go where the evidence takes them. And I similarly hope that any opposition from the mayor's office would be viewed with jaundiced eyes.

I call it a trickle up investigation. Or an anti Alice in Wonderland one. How high does this rabbit hole go?

[DefenseLawyer]

2. I am SHOCKED! Shocked to find gambling is going on in here.