Chicago police not doing enough to fight racial bias -task force

The Chicago Police Department is not doing enough to combat racial bias among officers or to protect the human and civil rights of city residents, a task force set up by the mayor said in a report on Wednesday. Mayor Rahm Emanuel created the panel after days of street protests triggered by video of the fatal shooting in 2014 of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police officer. Describing McDonald's death as a "tipping point," the task force said community outrage had given voice to long-