Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up In Aug. 2016, two years after the police shooting death of ...

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) plans to continue with its court-enforceable settlement agreement with the City of Minneapolis, despite the Trump Administration filing a motion to ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - While a consent decree agreement reached by the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) and the city is currently pending approval from a federal judge, a metro councilwoman ...

In a letter, Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno urged new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to review and likely rescind consent decrees around the country. The agreements between federal agencies ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. Now under its ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. The Justice ...

Louisville’s “Community Commitment” police reform plan omits some provisions from the consent decree negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice. Some changes are to provisions meant to address ...

CLEVELAND — Ten years ago, the Cleveland Division of Police was put under a federal consent decree. The decision by the U.S. Department of Justice came after multiple high-profile officer-involved ...

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, speaks at a press conference to announce a settlement for police reform in the city. (Craig Lassig/MinnPost) In ...

The oversight began in 2018 when a federal investigation into the Springfield Police narcotics bureau uncovered a pattern of ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of the killings of George Floyd ...