Craig Futterman on Chicago Police’s Decision to Release Bodycam Footage

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JOHNSON: The Chicago Police Department is on the road to reform.

CORLEY: In a video, police Superintendent Johnson says the department has made sweeping changes. He points to the use of body cams and the expanded use of Tasers. Craig Futterman says there's been a backlash and resistance by the police union and others. He suspects a two-tier system of policing in Chicago, where police have a different set of practices in black and white communities.

FUTTERMAN: We still have a long way to go. There's - the reality still today is that there are still ongoing patterns and practices of civil rights violations by the Chicago police.

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