commissioners asking the usdoj to determine the patterns and practices of the chicago police department. but eliza, of legal link says it is it s a city wide problem sfwl more than 99% of arrestees are without an attorney for the remaining of detention. reporter: meaning 100% of people arrested in chicago in 2013 have a lawyer while in police custody, according to illinois law, a person is entitled to an attorney within a reasonable time after an arrest. it means that people are without the protection of the law. because how can someone access their rights without an advocate and without someone to stand with them? reporter: the chicago police department denies home and square are any detention facility is used to violate people s civil rights sending cnn a fact sheet saying
i don t understand why a retiree s complaint in 1977 e needs to be in a database. it is not just history, but it is who is currently working, and shows the cost of the value to ignore patterns of abuse. patterns that are being investigated by the d.o.j. protester are concerned that if the fop gets its way, the feds won t get a full picture of the police misconduct in chicago. and we have those pictures of jason van dyke walking into the courthouse with his attorney, and wearing a beanie, and very casual, but this time, wearing a suit. his attorney is no longer giving the press any interviews, but he has said in the past that he believed that his cliented in self-defense. now, about the deare struck shun of records, we should add that t
on $1.5 million bond. let s be lear here, his attorney from the get-go said van dyke used proper use of force. we re expecting him to plead not guilty to all of these charges. now, there s going to be something very different about this particular hearing. a select number of cameras will be allowed inside the courtroom to capture the entire proceeding. that s very rare in the state of illinois. but the media requested it and the judge granted it. the laquan mcdonald shooting triggered a usdoj investigation, which is still under way with the u.s. doj sending out a release yesterday with a status update saying two days of meeting have occurred, both with the chicago police department and also with the mayor s office. the mayor also sending out a release and a statement saying that he is working with the usdoj and hopes to restore
mcdonald was struck by 16 bullets in 15 seconds. our row issa flores is coveringe story. what are we hearing? well, actually, moments ago, the convicted murder walked into the courtroom. now in the background of all of this that is happening there is a usdoj investigation into the patterns and the practices of the police department. take a moment to digest this, because the unions here in chicago are fighting for the destruction of the disciplinary records of the police disciplinary records at a time when people in chicago are asking for the police accountability and transparency. the release of videos showing the dead lay shootings of blacks
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