Just two weeks after sweeping police reforms were agreed upon by the city of Minneapolis and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), it appears that agreement, called a consent decree, could get tossed ...
President Trump’s new civil rights division head issued a memo that puts the implementation of the Minneapolis consent decree ...
During Trump’s first administration, he was critical of police reform agreements as he viewed them as anti-police.
The Minneapolis Police Federation is seeking a voice in the latest plan for court-ordered reforms of the police department.
The consent decree process started after a police officer killed George Floyd in 2020, sparking global protests. In 2023, the ...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticizes the Trump administration's move to suspend police reform agreements, raising concerns about equal protection under the law.
A recent commentary along those lines tried to paint Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as the obstacle. That argument fails.
The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform ...
Just like he did in 2017, Trump has blocked consent decrees intended to stop police abuses. In Louisville, Black people will ...