The CPD’s decades-long history of abuse gives the question added resonance. But steps forward are possible, and some have already begun, people on both sides say. Now, the task force report is a road map what needs to happen next, many agree.

“This is probably the most important issue that our task force is facing: How to rebuild trust in some communities and in other communities how to create trust where there hasn’t been any trust for a long time,” says task force member Randolph Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School.

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