Sessions questions Justice Department reports on Ferguson and Chicago policing

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Sessions questions Justice Department reports on Ferguson and Chicago policing
By Adam Kelsey and Mike Levine

Feb 27, 2017, 8:38 PM ET


Newly minted Attorney General Jeff Sessions questioned reports published by his agency about policing in Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri, describing "some of it" as "pretty anecdotal and not so scientifically based."

While admitting that he had not read the reports, but instead viewed summaries, Sessions questioned the department's findings using the "anecdotal" critique and cautioned that there will always be some mistakes.

"You have 800,000 police in America, imagine a city of 800,000 people," said Sessions. "There's going to be some crime in it, some people are going to make errors."

The Chicago investigation, released in January, found "systemic deficiencies" in the city's police department including violations of the U.S. Constitution.

The 161-page report, capping a year-long investigation, identified the use of deadly force by officers, "racially discriminatory conduct," a lack of investigation into cases, unfair advancement policies and poor support for officer welfare as areas warranting reform.

"In the course of its pattern or practice investigation, the department interviewed and met with city leaders, current and former police officials, and numerous officers throughout all ranks of CPD," the DOJ said in a release at the time.

"The department also accompanied line officers on over 60 ride-alongs in every police district; heard from over 1,000 community members and more than 90 community organizations; reviewed thousands of pages of police documents, including all relevant policies, procedures, training and materials; and analyzed a randomized, representative sample of force reports and the investigative files for incidents that occurred between January 2011 and April 2016, including over 170 officer-involved shooting investigations and documents related to over 400 additional force incidents."

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[goatprairie]

Just the Obama admin flacks trying to deny the obvious: poor policing does not cause certain demographics to kill themselves in large numbers. It's so incredibly obvious as to border on the verge of bizarro-world thinking.  But of course racialists like Obama and his flunkies simply could not get themselves to admit the truth....black people are overwhelmingly responsible for killing other black people in staggering high numbers. Evil Whitey is usually nowhere to be found when black people are killed. The most dangerous person for one black person  95% of the time is another black person.