CHICAGO — The city of Chicago changed course
Tuesday and said it now wants to carry out far-reaching reforms of its
police under strict federal court supervision, abandoning a draft deal
on reforms with the Trump administration that envisioned no court role.
The new approach led to the unusual sight of
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan at a joint
news conference to announce that Madigan — with the mayor's full
support — had just sued the city seeking court oversight of the
beleaguered police force.
The 35-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago requests
extensive judicial oversight, including an independent court-appointed
monitor who would report regularly to a judge about whether the city was
meeting reform benchmarks.
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