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Chicago City Council Approves Police Oversight Plan
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling the city council's approval of his plan to revamp police oversight a big step forward.
The plan creates a new agency to investigate police shootings and misconduct, and includes a civilian board. This comes in the wake of outrage after the release of a video showing an officer fatally shooting African-American teenager Laquan McDonald.
Chip Mitchell of WBEZ reports.
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This segment aired on October 6, 2016.