https://twitter.com/B_Fischer4/status/819942849542311936
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is in Chicago where she announced the findings of a Justice Department investigation of the city’s police department. Lynch also noted the alarming crime rate in the city:
VIDEO – @LorettaLynch: ‘Chicago Is Grappling with a Deeply Troubling Rise in Violent Crime’ https://t.co/tf4BzfJQzD
— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) January 13, 2017
Lynch then offered a scathing critique of the city’s police department:
AG Lynch: Chicago PD engages in excessive force. pic.twitter.com/rFHv48NJLo
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 13, 2017
AG Lynch: Reasonable cause to believe that Chicago PD violate the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/i2apjyjpHq
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 13, 2017
AG Lynch: Our society has fallen short in giving protection to all Americans. pic.twitter.com/0iLKLR6vOx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 13, 2017
Justice Dept. spoke with 340 members of Chicago Police Department, visited all 22 police districts and took part in 60 ride alongs
— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) January 13, 2017
Dept. of Justice findings on police: "Chicago's accountability system is broken. Many complaints that should be investigated are not."
— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) January 13, 2017
DOJ: "CPD is failing to provide officers the support they need with the stress and trauma of their jobs … officer morale is suffering."
— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) January 13, 2017
Officer morale is suffering? Gee, what could have contributed to that these last few years?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the results of the report are "sobering to all of us." The mayor is reading from prepared remarks.
— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) January 13, 2017
Mayor Rahm Emanuel: "We need to support our officers and give them the resources to do their jobs," goes on to tout cop hiring plan.
— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) January 13, 2017
Rahm Emanuel: "I want to be clear, the Chicago Police Dept. and the city of Chicago are already on the road to reform. There are no U-turns"
— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) January 13, 2017
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Supt. Eddie Johnson's remarks aimed at mitigating any further damage to the police department's reportedly low morale
— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) January 13, 2017
After all that’s happened in Chicago these past few years, Mayor Emanuel wants everybody to panic about a Trump administration:
Emanuel: There are questions about what the next regime will do in D.C., alluding @realDonaldTrump and incoming Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions.
— Jeremy Gorner (@JeremyGorner) January 13, 2017
Because the Democrats have worked wonders in Chicago, right Mayor Emanuel and AG Lynch?
https://twitter.com/bilding1/status/819953327618355202
Lynch throwing cops under the bus and bailing out Rahm Emanuel. Making no mention of the violent conditions cops encounter daily.
— Frank P (@pfastfrank) January 13, 2017
Loretta Lynch is on TV throwing Chicago's cops under the bus, as if the city's crime is their fault.
— Danielle ⚾️ ??♀️ ? #LGM (@MississippiMama) January 13, 2017
Obama and his pathetic minions attacking brave Police Officers to the very last day of his Presidency. They are a disgrace. . . . https://t.co/V0n0505Ww5
— Freedom's Lighthouse (@FreedomsLH) January 13, 2017