Craig Futterman with Ian Masters: Laquan McDonald, Ronald Johnson, IPRA, and the DoJ Investigation

The DOJ Launches a "Pattern and Practice Investigation" Into the Chicago Police Department

Then finally we examine the Justice Department’s launch of a “pattern and practice investigation” into the Chicago Police Department following the release of a video that showed a Chicago policeman shoot 17 year old Laquan McDonald 16 times. Craig Futterman, a Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and founder of the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic joins us. He played a key role in getting the video released and we will discuss the DOJ investigation and the latest release of a video of a Chicago police shooting.

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