Study of basic training of new police hires shows resistance to change
For the past 60 years, concerns over U.S. police officers' excessive use of force and race-based targeting of citizens, and ...
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How halting police reform agreements threatens Black community
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticizes the Trump administration's move to suspend police reform agreements, raising concerns about equal protection under the law.
Trump stopped a type of police reform that affects LMPD. It's about race. | Opinion
Just like he did in 2017, Trump has blocked consent decrees intended to stop police abuses. In, Black people will be ...
Pardons of D.C. officers leave city at civil rights crossroads
The death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown sparked angry protests in 2020, and led to the rare conviction of two D.C. police officers.
Trump’s DOJ Orders Freeze On Civil Rights Cases & Biden Police Reforms
Donald Trump’s administration could also review police reform agreements sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
First Officer Convicted Under a Washington State Law Gets 16-Year Sentence
The police officer, Jeffrey Nelson, shot and killed Jesse Sarey, 26, while attempting to arrest him in May 2019. Mr. Nelson ...
Long Island advocates and police reform activists decry Trump administration directive to stop civil rights investigations
The Trump administration, in a memo, instructed lawyers in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division not to file any new complaints, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
Louisville and Minneapolis say police will honor reform agreements even if Justice Department backs out
One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at ...
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LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey says he is 'fully committed' to reforming department even without consent decree
In an interview on WDRB News, Humphrey said the city has negotiated an agreement with the Department of Justice and “regardless of whether it’s under a consent decree or oversight ...
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Trump administration move could upend Louisville's consent decree
The fate of Louisville's consent decree is in the balance once again. President Donald Trump's administration is putting a ...
Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders freeze on civil rights cases
Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.