Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is asking the federal government to investigate the Chicago Police Department, including how officers use deadly force.
Madigan says there’s been a pattern of allegations of Chicago police misconduct besides the killing of Laquan McDonald. Madigan says she’s turning to the Department of Justice because it has the power to actually enforce its recommendations through consent decrees overseen by federal judges.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says now is not the time for a federal civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department.
The mayor says that any investigation beyond the state’s attorney or the US Attorney’s office would be "misguided." Emanuel says if others are found responsible, the city will hold them accountable, but so far, no one else has been brought to his attention.