After George Floyd’s murder, it took nearly half a decade to get a police reform deal done. Now, there are new concerns about that “consent decree.” A new DOJ memo reads, “The new administration may ...

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.

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 ...

Donald Trump’s administration could also review police reform agreements sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at reforming local police departments with histories of misconduct and abuse, ...

During Trump’s first administration, he was critical of police reform agreements as he viewed them as anti-police.

The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform ...

An internal memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of consent decrees that were finalized within the last 90 days. Louisville's was finalized in that time.

A memo states that officials are implementing the freeze to be “consistent with the Department’s goal of ensuring that the ...

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police ...