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.
People don’t have to agree with Waters’ statements or actions, but to claim she’s inciting violence is a logical leap deeply rooted in white supremacy and manipulation of facts.
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.
Judge James K. Bredar ruled Friday for a consent decree allowing the overhauling of the Baltimore Police Department after a scathing 2016 Department of Justice report revealed officers operated with racial bias and used excessive force disproportionately on African Americans.
Police unions oppose Obama-era reform efforts and announced support for the Trump rollbacks.
