President Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may ...
Just two weeks after sweeping police reforms were agreed upon by the city of Minneapolis and the U.S. Department of Justice ...
The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George ...
President Trump’s new civil rights division head issued a memo that puts the implementation of the Minneapolis consent decree ...
This agreement is an important step toward ensuring that meaningful, durable reform is achieved in Minneapolis.” The Department of Justice (DOJ) began investigating the Minneapolis Police ...
During Trump’s first administration, he was critical of police reform agreements as he viewed them as anti-police.
Credit: MinnPost photo by Craig Lassig In announcing a settlement with Minneapolis for police reform, U.S. Department of Justice officials cited five other cities that have seen success following ...
The proposition, known as a consent decree, is the culmination of a two-year federal investigation prompted by Floyd's death in 2020 at the hands of then-Officer Derek Chauvin. The DOJ's findings ...
Just like he did in 2017, Trump has blocked consent decrees intended to stop police abuses. In Louisville, Black people will ...