Four days before the five-year anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, the Trump administration’s Department of ...

The decision reverses the use of consent decrees to ensure accountability of law enforcement agencies. It comes days before ...

The consent decrees were designed to reform police departments found to have patterns of misconduct. In Louisville, the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel a settlement with Minneapolis that called for an overhaul ...

The city of Minneapolis entered into the proposed decree with the justice department on Jan. 6, and now a federal judge will decide if it continues.

Several nonprofits are competing to redevelop the “People’s Way,” a defunct Speedway gas station that serves as the protest ...

Consent decrees have been a federal government tool for reforming police departments around the U.S. What happens if the one ...

Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to ...

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights says its consent decree with the Minneapolis Police Department "isn't going anywhere" amid reports on Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice seeks to ...