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Inside the Chicago Police Department’s race problem

How officials are planning to reform Chicago's law enforcement services,

04/14/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Inside the Chicago Police Department’s race problem

Clip: 4/14/2016 | 7m 48s

How officials are planning to reform Chicago's law enforcement services,

An accountability task force appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel found that the Chicago Police Department has engaged in a long pattern of institutionalized racism that has alienated black and Hispanic residents. For more on what the report means for Chicago, and how officials are planning to reform the city’s law enforcement services, John Yang talks to Lori Lightfoot of the Chicago Police Board.

04/14/2016 | Rating NR

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