During a press conference on Jan. 13, Attorney General Loretta Lynch condemned the Chicago police department for engaging in a "pattern" of using "excessive force." The Justice Department released a scathing 164-page report elaborating on how police officers in the country’s third-biggest city use force, “including deadly force, that is unreasonable” as well as unconstitutional. As a result, she said the Justice Department would begin negotiations with city officials to enter a court-enforceable consent decree. McCarthy, Johnson’s predecessor, had criticized the Justice Department before the report was released and said investigators never contacted him. During the Obama administration, the Civil Rights Division has opened 25 investigations into law enforcement agencies, according to the Justice Department.

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2017 14:08 UTC