Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson arrives at a news conference announcing the department’s plan to hire nearly 1,000 new police officers in Chicago on Sept. 21. Many law enforcement officers have said that the intense focus on policing in the time since has put them on the defensive and hindered their work. President Obama and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch have also said not enough data exists to draw a clear connection. Johnson said he visited the officer in the hospital, where she told him why she did not draw her service weapon during the attack. But a Chicago civil rights lawyer said that police bore some responsibility for the tension between police and the communities they serve.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2016 08:20 UTC