{"id":22194,"date":"2015-12-08T09:54:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=22194"},"modified":"2015-12-08T09:55:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:55:32","slug":"retired-black-chicago-police-department-officers-call-for-federal-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/retired-black-chicago-police-department-officers-call-for-federal-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired black CPD officers call for federal probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Misha Euceph<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Retired African-American Chicago Police Department officers called for an independent federal investigation from the Department of Justice, after meeting at a community center in Auburn Gresham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling today for an independent investigation from the federal government,\u201d said Richard Wooten, 18-year police veteran. \u201cWe\u2019re not here today to bash anyone, to start an uproar. We\u2019re here today to get justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wooten and other officers\u2019 request follows the release of a dash cam video showing Jason Van Dyke, a white police officer, shooting Laquan McDonald, a black teenager 16 times; the firing of Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy; and the announcement of the creation of a new police accountability panel by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.<\/p>\n<p>Wooten specifically distanced himself from the mayor\u2019s initiative, calling it the \u201cmayor\u2019s panel.\u201d \u201cWe have our own decisions to make,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Other officers echoed the disapproval. \u201cThis panel that the mayor named is the same type of stuff warmed over again,\u201d said Michael Davis, a retired sergeant.<\/p>\n<p>The task force created by Emanuel includes Sergio Acosta, a partner at law firm Henshaw &amp; Culbertson who has served on several of the mayor\u2019s task forces. Other members are Lori Lightfoot, who currently serves on the Chicago Police Board; Randolph Stone, a former Cook County Public Defender; Inspector General, Joe Ferguson; and Hiram Grau, a former deputy police superintendent in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, we truly need some community input in police oversight, in these shootings,\u201d said Michael Davis, asking for civilian review instead of investigations by alleged insiders.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago currently already has two other bodies that review complaints within the police department. The Independent Police Review Authority deals with cases of misconduct including use of excessive force, and \u201cverbal bias-based abuse.\u201d The Chicago Police Board, on the other hand, \u201cdecides disciplinary cases involving allegations of police misconduct,\u201d in addition to nominating candidates for the position of Superintendent and other duties. The new task force will \u201cdo a top-to-bottom review of the system,\u201d according to the mayor. Many wonder how the new task force will differ from the existing institutions.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to disapproval of the task force and calling for a federal probe, officers denounced the police department\u2019s hiring practices. Pat Hill, former Executive Director of the African-American Police League, stressed that the circumstances surrounding the McDonald shooting result from the hiring practices of the police department, calling Chicago Police Department an \u201capartheid police department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite frustration over particular aspects of the police department, the retired officers refused to condemn the entire police department, instead citing a failure of leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are thousands of excellent police officers in the city of Chicago and across this nation,\u201d said Davis. \u201cIn no way is this an indictment on the police department. It\u2019s an indictment of the leadership of the police department. The tone of policing is set from the top down.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Pat Hill, Richard Wooten, Michael Davis and other retired, African-American police officers hold press conference about Chicago Police Department. 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