The report was unprecedented in its scope and direct calls for major reforms, said Craig Futterman, a University of Chicago Law School professor who has studied police accountability — and occasionally sued the city and police department.

“This is so different from very many blue-ribbon reports that have sat on a shelf,” Futterman said after reading a leaked summary.

“Here’s a report that finally acknowledges the reality of the experience of a significant number of black and brown people in the streets of the city.”

The report found that African Americans and Hispanics are four times more likely than whites to be stopped by police while driving, and nearly three quarters of “street stops” conducted by police targeted blacks. While comprising just a third of the city’s population, 72 percent of the people shocked with Tasers by police officers were black. The report also found that race seemed to influence promotion within the department.

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