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Proif provides an opportunity for some hope. not a panacea but hope if we can work together toward reform. something i haven't seen in my lifetime in chicago. >> wesley, you have been reporting on police issues for well over the last two years. my question is what's the significance of a d.o.j. patterns and practices probe? what does it mean for chicago? >> well, it's -- it's much broader than a civil rights probe. when d.o.j. comes in and says, we're going to investigate the laquan mcdonald shooting or when they went into ferguson to investigate the michael brown shooting, right, that's a spe...

Civil rights violation. and we didn't see that. in a broad patterns and practices probe, the department of justice is looking at all of the policies, all of the implementation by the department to see if there is any constitutional violation. so they're looking at traffic stops, neighborhoods where police presence exist. they're looking at how people are booked. if they're pulling two suspects over for the same crime, how often are they arresting these people based on race, based on age. they're looking for any type of systemic discrimination. what we've seen often is they often find this type...

In a broad patterns and practices probe, the department of justice is doing is looking at all of the policies, all of the implementation by the department to see if there is any constitutional violation. so they're looking at traffic stops, they're looking at neighborhoods where police presence exist. they're looking at how people are booked. if they're pulling two suspects over for the same crime, how often are they arresting these people based on race, based on age. they're looking for any type of systemic discrimination. what we've seen very often is they often find this type of discriminat...