Chicago police officers have used inappropriate force against students and failed to set proper guidelines for using stun guns in schools, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation has found.
Those findings, released this month, were part of a broad investigation of the Chicago police department. The investigation also flagged an example of the department inadequately investigating a complaint by an 8-year-old student who said a school-based officer “grabbed the girl by her hair, swung her around, and choked her while breaking up a fight in a school hallway.”
“CPD’s pattern or practice of excessive force also includes subjecting children to force for noncriminal conduct and minor violations,” the report says.
