In remarks on Monday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the Department of Justice probe into the practices of the Chicago Police Department.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the investigation will use of force, racial discrimination and systems of accountability.

Loretta Lynch brought her community policing national tour to Pittsburgh Monday, as the city is taking part in the Justice Department's National Initiative to Build Community Trust. The tour is part of an increased effort to improve communication and cooperation between police and their communities.

The sister of Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Texas jail cell earlier this week, says Bland called her from jail over the weekend sounding "aggravated" and "in pain."

Elizabeth Crudup is asking for help to obtain the release of her son Shannon Nyamodi. Shannon has been in jail since August 2012 and has yet to receive a trial date.

Police say 18 year old Shannon Nyamodi was the trigger man who shot a Franklin township North Carolina woman in the face late August in 2012, but the victim swore to cops that the youth wasn’t her assailant. In what police have described as a murder for hire scheme in which the victim’s own 15 year old daughter allegedly paid the Nyamodi youth with pills, sex, and cash has turned into perhaps one of the greatest human rights struggles in modern time. Documents obtained from the investigation paint a troubling and disturbing culture of corruption within this small southern town’s sheriff department.