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What the Investigation Into the Chicago Police Department Found

The year-long inquiry uncovered “systemic” violations of Chicago residents’ civil rights.
Source: Teresa Crawford / AP

The results of the investigation into the Chicago Police Department’s use of force released Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice shows the city’s police engaged in systemic practices that violated residents’ constitutional rights. Here are some of the key findings from the report, which you can read in full . The findings come 13 months after the investigation began, and more of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, whose death—which was captured by police dash-cam footage and withheld by Chicago authorities for more than a year—prompted the inquiry.

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