Consent decrees had not yet been proposed in the other five retracted investigations. The now canceled consent decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis were awaiting a judge's approval.

While Louisiana lawmakers did little to make your life better this year, they made sure to protect themselves and big ...

Manhunt Ends in Hollygrove with Antoine Massey’s Arrest Antoine Massey is one of ten inmates who staged a dramatic […] The ...

Louisville’s “Community Commitment” police reform plan omits some provisions from the consent decree negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice. Some changes are to provisions meant to ...

Baltimore City stands at a crossroads—between fragile progress and a perilous retreat. As the U.S. Department of Justice continues scaling back its civil rights oversight, the city’s landmark police ...

Minneapolis police consent decree reforms to be implemented despite dismissal Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms ...

In Aug. 2016, two years after the police shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr., U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry approved a 131-page consent agreement between the City of Ferguson and the U. S ...

The consent decree would have ordered LMPD to work with community organizations across the city “to provide training for officers assigned to that division regarding the histories and cultures ...

Chicago’s consent decree with the state of Illinois was approved in 2019 and remains in place. The DOJ moves last month have “no direct impact” on the Chicago decree, an ACLU of Illinois ...

The NAACP of St. Louis County is raising concerns after the Ferguson City Council voted to cut funding for a 2016 federal consent decree, which mandated sweeping reforms to the city’s police … ...

When the U.S. Attorney’s Office moved to dismiss a federal consent decree to reform the Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vowed, “We’re doing it anyway.” On ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey, and other city officials are moving forward on their own with reforms and improvements outlined in the U.S.