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Durbin, Sessions Discuss Federal Probe Into Chicago Police

WCBU | By Associated Press
Published January 5, 2017 at 5:14 PM CST

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he's discussed a pending civil rights report on the Chicago police with President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Justice.  Durbin met with Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions in Washington D.C. Wednesday. 

Durbin says he sought assurances that if Sessions is confirmed as U.S. attorney general, he would address problems identified by the department.  

The department launched its investigation into police practices after a video showed a white officer fatally shooting black teen Laquan McDonald 16 times. The video prompted protests and demands for reforms.  The report is expected to be released before Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration.  
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