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 ...

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

Some advocates have been disappointed by the pace of efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.

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 ...

Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman chosen to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the DOJ 'a bittersweet moment.' ...

Donald Trump’s Justice Department suspends civil rights lawsuits and police reform consent decrees set up by the Biden administration.

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

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, ...

The position puts the state's second-largest school district at odds with nearly all the other public school districts in ...

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

Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers are once again trying to push forward legislation that would disband citizen review boards that provide oversight of local law enforcement.