The Chicago Police Department Is Having a Devastatingly Bad Week

It’s hard to imagine how things could possibly get worse for the Chicago Police Department; the division has faced withering public criticism and a federal civil rights investigation for its deeply discriminatory and deadly policing tactics. Then this week came along and brought with it an avalanche of damning news, including: A leaked draft of a scathing internal report that raises existential questions about the police force, the latest installment in a blockbuster investigative series by the Guardian alleging instances of torture and even murder at secretive police facility at Homan Square, and a police shooting of a black 16-year-old high school student that ignited another round of outrage and protests in a community that's already deeply distrustful of the police force that's meant to protect them. It’s been another damning week for the CPD, and it's only Wednesday....
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