"I join with those calling for a federal investigation into the practices of the Chicago Police Department," Sanders stated on Friday. "Furthermore, any official who helped suppress the videotape of Laquan McDonald’s murder should be held accountable."
Sanders said he wants to make sure that all elected officials suspected of holding back McDonald’s videotape should be probed.
"And any elected official with knowledge that the tape was being suppressed or improperly withheld should resign," Sanders asserted. "No one should be shielded by power or position."
McDonald's death prompted widespread public protests in Chicago, following similar protests throughout the United States against police brutality in the past 18 months.
US police have killed at least 1,000 people in 2015.
