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Five years after the killing of George Floyd, where do police reform efforts stand?
Sunday marks five years since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by former police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd's death ...
Justice Department moves to cancel police reform settlements reached with Minneapolis and Louisville
The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul ...
Justice Department ends police reform agreements and halts investigations into major departments
The Trump administration is dismissing investigations into several major US police departments, as well as consent decrees in ...
Minneapolis Police Department reform delivers mixed results, independent evaluator says
Five years after George Floyd's murder the Minneapolis Police Department is getting a mixed review on reform. In Talking ...
Minneapolis will adhere to police reform consent decree despite DOJ's dismissal plan, officials say
Minneapolis officials say the city will adhere to a federal consent decree ordering expansive reforms to its police force ...
Justice Department moves to drop police reform agreements with Louisville, Minneapolis
The Justice Department said Wednesday it is moving to drop police reform agreements reached with the cities of Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis.
Justice Dept. abandons police reform deals with Minneapolis, Louisville
Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth ...
Police reform activists pledge to carry on after Trump drops oversight
Police reform advocates pledged to intensify their efforts at the local level after the U.S. Justice Department said it would ...
‘Defund the Police,’ five years later: What did the movement accomplish?
A smaller, $600,000 county effort would expand an existing program in the suburbs, the committee was told. St. Paul Police ...