The US Justice Department is investigating whether Chicago police systematically violates civil rights.
That report American media. The research is done because there is much disquiet over the shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer.
The incident happened over a year ago, but only came out late last month by a video. Then we saw that the agent sixteen times on the boy's lap.
The policeman has been charged with murder and the commissioner of the Corps in Chicago has been fired. Also, the mayor announced that a special committee will look at what exactly went wrong.
Under the carpet
However, the turmoil of these measures is not over. According to documents released Friday that the police officers after the shooting told a story that does not match the video. According to some, this again shows that the police in Chicago wanted to sweep the issue under the carpet.
Also set in other cases of police violence is a federal investigation. The Ministry of Justice concluded that the police Ferguson systematically discriminate.
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