Justice Department will investigate the Chicago police for possible civil rights violations, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday morning.
As the second largest force in the nation, Chicago's will be the largest city department the Attorney General's office has ever investigated.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wrote to Lynch Dec. 1 to urgently request an investigation 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 2014 fatal shooting involving police. The video shows 17-year-old Laquan McDonald walking away from police before he is shot 16 times.
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