Possible outcomes of Justice Dept. investigation into CPD: Attorney Ron Safer

CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - Responding to deepening mistrust of one of the nation's largest police forces, the federal government opened an investigation Monday into the Chicago Police Department, and authorities announced they would not charge an officer in the death of a 25-year-old black man who was shot in the back last year.

The Justice Department investigation was to look into patterns of racial disparity in the use of force. It comes nearly two weeks after the release of a video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times.

Attorney Ron Safer, a former chief of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney's Office, joined us LIVE on GDC to talk more about what this means for the police department and how long this could possibly take.