1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, exploring 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: legal issues in the news. And Today, Bloomberg Law hosting 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: Grasso and Michael Best, discussed Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: suing the City of Chicago over shortcomings in the city's 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: police force. A speak with Amy Dillard, a law professor 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: at the University of Baltimore, and Christy Lopez, a former 7 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: Deputy chief in the Justice Department Civil Rights Division and 8 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: current professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Christie, you helped 9 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: lead the investigation of the Chicago police when you're at Justice. 10 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: So give us some background on what got us to 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: this point. Well, the Chicago Police Department has been in 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: trouble department for quite a long time. And UM in 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: twenty l the laquhomic Donald video I'm Slight locuomic Donald 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: video became public and it underscored the continuing problems there. 15 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: So we initiated in the Department of Justice Civil Rights 16 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: Division initiated an investigation in a twenty sixteen and UM 17 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: indeed found a broad pattern of misconduct both in terms 18 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: of force and UM in terms of disparities and how 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: African Americans and Latinos were treated by Chicago police. We 20 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: UH talked with the mayor about these findings before we 21 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: released them, and he agreed and actually signed an agreement 22 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: in principle UM to negotiate a consent decree, which would 23 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: be a court order overseen by an independent monitor to 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: ensure that at long last, the broad reform necessary to 25 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: finally fix the problems in Chicago would be undertaken. Well. Amy, 26 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: the the Illinois Attorney General now, who is not part 27 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: of the Justice Department but as a state official, I 28 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: gets involved in this and says, basically, the federal government 29 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: isn't doing enough to go after Chicago based on that report, 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: and she's going to do it. So what does she 31 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: want to have happened now? She basically wants the court 32 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: to order or UM the reform steps that needs to 33 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: be taken, and more importantly, to order UM an independent 34 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: UM monitor to oversee Chicago Police Department and the city 35 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: and its implementation of those reforms. It's worth noting that, 36 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: you know, all departments may make efforts at reform from inside, 37 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: but reform from the inside is quite hard, as we've 38 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: seen in Baltimore. UM. There were significant steps taken, but Ultimately, 39 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: the Justice Department report recommended um federal oversight, and the 40 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 1: same has happened here. It's just that the Justice Department 41 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: has changed hands and there's no one willing to enforce 42 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: the recommendation. And that's the University of Baltimore law professor 43 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: Amy Dillard and Georgetown University Law Center professor Christie Lopez 44 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: speaking with Bloombergy Laho, Student Grosso, and Michael Best. You 45 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: can listen to Bloomberg Law weekdays at one pm Wall 46 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: Street Time here on Bloomberg Radio and Now among the 47 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: top legal stories from Bloomberg Law. Federal judge is temporarily 48 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: blocked Texas's tough ban on so called sanctuary cities. The 49 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 1: law would have allowed the state's Republican leadership to jail 50 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: sheriffs and find towns that fail to fully cooperate with 51 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: US immigration policies. The state is expected to appeal. He 52 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: Arizona sheriff, pardoned by President Trump, now wants his conviction 53 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: a race. Joe R. Pio is asked a federal judge 54 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: to vacate his conviction for defying court orders related to 55 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: a crackdown on a legal immigrants or pile. Argues that 56 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: the presidential part in halt in the case before he 57 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: had a chance to appeal his conviction. The judge says 58 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: she wants to hear from the Justice Department before ruling 59 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: on our Pio's request. 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