Consent decrees instituted after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were dismissed by the Trump administration in May.
Consent decrees, which have often been used to spur police reform in cities where misconduct, bias, and poor policing are endemic, are under attack from the Trump Administration.
The DOJ moved to ease the federal consent decree against the Baltimore Police Department stemming from the in-custody death of Freddie Gray.
A Department of Justice investigation confirmed the worst-kept secret.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has ended a Trump-era restriction on investigations into police departments and issued a memo to all U.S. attorneys and other relevant staff outlining policies to address law enforcement.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions orders a review of police reform consent decrees.
