City council agrees to payment just as taskforce issues blistering report recommending total overhaul of many of the city’s police operations Chicago agreed on Wednesday to pay millions of dollars to the families of two men who died after interactions with police,as a blistering report on police-community relations said racism contributed to decades of mistrust between communities of color and the department.[br]A police accountability taskforce released the report one day after it was leaked to the Chicago Tribune, recommending a total overhaul of many aspects of the Chicago police department’s operations. The taskforce was launched by Mayor Rahm Emanuel after video footage of the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald was released in November.
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Source: theguardian.com