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Federal judge approves Trump DOJ motion to scrap consent decree for Minneapolis police
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city would be proceeding with the measures laid out in the agreement anyway.
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Judge approves motion by Trump administration to dismiss Minneapolis consent decree
A federal judge has approved a request by the Trump Justice Department to dismiss a consent decree over the Minneapolis ...
‘We’re not begging’: Activists say Trump’s rollback of police reform only strengthens their fight
"We've evolved from demanding justice to building the power to enforce it ourselves," said Angela Angel of Black Lives Matter ...
Justice Department ends police reform agreements and halts investigations into major departments
The Trump administration is dismissing investigations into several major US police departments, as well as consent decrees in ...
DOJ to drop police reform decrees in Minneapolis, Louisville
The Justice Department is working toward dropping reform agreements with police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky ...
Minneapolis police chief says reform will continue without federal oversight
The Justice Department said it is ending investigations of six police agencies and canceling consent decrees proposed for ...
Justice Dept. abandons police reform deals with Minneapolis, Louisville
Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth ...
Some fear excessive use of force will rise as the DOJ drops oversight of police departments
Consent decrees have had mixed results. In Los Angeles, which exited its 12-year agreement in 2013, the police department ...