al ▁or ▁res ignation ▁of ▁city ▁and ▁county ▁officials . ▁Rah m ▁E manuel ▁won ▁a ▁second ▁term ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁as ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Chicago ▁( p rior ▁to ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁dash ▁cam ▁video ), ▁but ▁Cook ▁County ▁State ' s ▁Att orney ▁An ita ▁Al vare z ▁lost ▁her ▁bid ▁for ▁re e lection ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁Illinois ▁Att orney ▁General ▁Lisa ▁Mad igan , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Department ▁of ▁Justice ▁initi ated ▁a ▁civil ▁rights ▁investigation ▁into ▁Mc Donald ' s ▁death ▁and ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Police ▁Department . ▁It ▁released ▁its ▁report ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁describing ▁the ▁police ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁culture ▁of ▁" ex cess ive ▁violence ," ▁especially ▁against ▁minor ity ▁suspect s , ▁and ▁of ▁having ▁poor ▁training ▁and ▁super vision . ▁DO J ▁and ▁city ▁officials ▁signed ▁a ▁consent ▁dec ree ▁for ▁a ▁plan ▁for ▁improvement ▁to ▁be ▁over seen ▁by ▁the ▁courts . ▁Three ▁Chicago ▁police ▁officers ▁tried ▁for ▁alleg edly ▁attempting ▁to ▁cover ▁up ▁events ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁shooting ▁were ▁found ▁not ▁guilty ▁by ▁the ▁Cook ▁County ▁Circ uit ▁Court ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁Pro files ▁ ▁La qu an ▁Mc Donald ▁ ▁La qu an ▁Mc Donald ▁( Se ptember ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁– ▁October ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ) ▁was ▁from