Racism plagues Chicago police, task force says

Chicago's police department is plagued by racism and riven by institutional failures and must work to restore trust among the African-American community, a scathing official report out Wednesday said. The police force of America's third-largest city is also under a federal investigation launched in December following the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer, prompting protests and Mayor Rahm Emanuel to appoint a police task force. "The community’s lack of trust in C