one officer and six supervisors were indicted .
holder went on to say that cleveland and the justice department had agreed on a statement of principles that will lead to a consent decree .
an officer approached the man and woman .
the man became attorney general eric holder announced thursday that " there is reasonable cause to believe that the cleveland division of police engages in a pattern and practice of using excessive force , " after justice department investigators examined nearly 600 cases of use of force that occurred between 2010 and 2013 .
” the agreement , announced thursday by outgoing attorney general eric holder , follows a civil rights investigation launched last year , well before the police shooting death two weeks ago of tamir rice , a 12 - year - old boy who was carrying a pellet gun .
investigators concluded that cleveland officers are not given adequate training and supervision .
while the investigation began before the 12 - year - old was killed , holder mentioned restrained and kicked after leading officers on a brief chase , a man got out of his van and walked into a group of trees .
play facebook twitter embed holder : evidence of ' excessive force ' by cleveland police 1:25 an independent monitor will oversee changes in the cleveland police department after a federal investigation found a pattern of “ unreasonable and in some cases unnecessary force .
the investigation in the cleveland police department was launched in march 2013 , " following a number of high profile use of force incidents and requests from the community and local government to investigate the [ police department ] , " the report released thursday said .