CHICAGO - Former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says there are good reasons the Chicago Police Department does not engage in the same high-risk tactics that federal immigration officials have used in recent days as they move to deport undocumented immigrants.

What we know:

On Tuesday, DHS agents performed a "pit maneuver" — in which a law enforcement vehicle purposely crashes into a fleeing vehicle to force it to stop — after a high-speed chase down a residential street in Chicago’s densely populated East Side.

"CPD outlawed pit maneuvers years ago, because it's not only dangerous to the public, but it's dangerous to the officers performing that maneuver," Johnson said. "And when the speeds are increased, it becomes that much more dangerous."

Johnson said he's also con

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