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>> to your point, the folks in this room, regardless of whether your program has been resourced or not, people are going out everyday, theres -- theyre continuing to put their lives on the line and continuing to fight for the sanctity and the dignity of the people and violence to be reduced in the city of chicago. so what can we do? we have to unify behind something. and if we can agree that we all want to see one chicago unified we can all leave here today feeling like when we go out tomorrow w...

During this investigation and for their commitment to reform. i want to thank the people of chicago, including the citys police officers, for engaging with the justice department over the last many months, because you care about your city so much. since we launched this investigation in december of 2015, the justice department has deployed our largest team ever in a policing pattern or practice case, to conduct a thorough and fair investigation of the chicago police department and independent po...

Weve already improved and expanded deeslation training and were upgrading our use of force policies. were providing every officer with body cameras and tasers. weve expanded recruitment efforts to ensure that the department draws on all the communities that make up this great city. as a result of our efforts, today, the chicago police department has the most diverse command staff in its history. >> brooke, something that we heard over and over before from the community was members of rival gangs...

I also want to thank mayor rahm emanuel and superintendent eddie johnson for their cooperation duri for their commitment to reform. and i want to thank the people of chicago, including the citys police officers, for engaging with the justice department over the last many months, because you care about your city so muc much. since we launched this investigation in december of 2015, the justice department has deployed our largest team ever in a policing pattern or practice case, to conduct a thoro...

And pled guilty. his school superintendent that he tauted as the big change, she steered $23 million worth of contracts to her friends for a kickback of a couple of hundred thousand dollars. she got indicted and within five days she already pled guilty. these are people that he hand picks. his superintendent gives misleading statistics to the community, and in chicago here we had a black caucus of alder men. african-american alder men got together and they all want this guy fired. >> right. >> i...

Elementary school lokd down? >> necessary. >> is he connected to another homicide here in town today at mr. schmidts home? >> we have no information about another homicide here in town this morning. >> do you know if he had a record in the past? >> i do not at this time. >> you said an employee. which department did he work in? >> im not sure. i was advised he was an employee of the university. >> former employee? >> current employee. no students were injured. >> how many shots were fifred? >> n...

Re-evaluate their decision to make sure they have their facts right. we have moved a long way from where a brave soldier does his best to protect the very afghan people that he is tasked with protecting and has to mover in a way that some might find offensive but i find deeply consistent with making sure a young boy wasnt raped in afghanistan and they kick a hero out of the military. thats simply not right. >> goes to an interesting question, when you talk to a lot of rank and file officers in t...

>> do not go forward and do not chase them. move back. >> reporter: the baltimore police released 10 hours of usedio tapes and they show a police force ill equipped and a command staff clearly trying to hold their officers back. you remember the mayor of baltimore saying she wanted to give the rioters space to destroy. martha: we do remember that and we remember you breaking the story about her giving a standdown order to the police. does it come through in this video? >> reporter: the mayor kee...

Jail, is managed by command staff and a team of sheriffs deputies. their primary task is to ensure the safety and security of inmates. >> if youll give me some of those then yall can take some of these too. >> but some 300 volunteers like susan stockwell, play an important role as well. they provide services that help ease the monotony of jail. >> oh, gosh, when you dont have anything to read? this is just a godsend. they are so happy to see me come. these are books from the library. theyve been...

Him, the police department to back off and give the protesters room to destroy. that was her words. he followed her orders which was a mistake, and now hes being terminated fired, because he followed those orders. and then -- >> he is the police commissioner and when it comes to law enforcement public safety hes supposed to be the expert. >> hes supposed to be the expert. he should have protected the citizens of the city. he didnt do that. what he did is followed her orders. there were millions ...