Minneapolis City Council approves consent decree with Dept ... - CBS News
22 hours ago · The unanimous approval of the consent decree comes hours after a closed-door meeting, which began at 8:30 a.m. "I'd like to thank our community for standing together, united in this, and for ...
City of Minneapolis approves police reform consent decree with …
9 hours ago · The consent decree adds onto the reforms laid out in a similar agreement between the police department and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.. The federal consent decree prohibits, among other things; using handcuffs on children under the age of 14; the use of neck restraints and choke holds; the use of some tear gases, including Mace; and the initiation of foot chases just because a ...
Minneapolis OKs police reform deal in wake of ... - Associated Press News
18 hours ago · Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, flanked by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, left, and Chief Brian O’Hara of the Minneapolis Police Department, speaks at a news conference after the Minneapolis City Council approved a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice approving a federal consent decree, at the U.S. Courthouse ...
Minneapolis City Council approves federal consent decree …
1 day ago · The Minneapolis City Council has voted to approve a proposed federal consent decree that, if finalized, will enact sweeping police reform. The city council spent hours in a closed session Monday reviewing the proposed agreement between the city and the United States Department of Justice. The ...
Minneapolis City Council approves federal consent decree to …
22 hours ago · The goal is to get the consent decree filed in federal court and signed by a judge by Jan. 20 — partly because Trump’s previous administration put limits on consent decrees.
Minneapolis City Council approves consent decree for police …
9 hours ago · The agreement, known as a consent decree, will put the department under long-term court supervision. It had been under negotiation since the Department of Justice issued a scathing critique of the ...
Years after Floyd’s death, Minneapolis and DOJ agree to police …
13 hours ago · The legally binding consent decree marks a victory for the Biden administration in its efforts to use federal power to require local police departments to pursue broad changes.
Justice Department enters proposed consent decree over ... - Yahoo News
2 days ago · The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that federal investigators have described as inhumane, violent and unsanitary. The 71-page proposed consent decree, along with a complaint, were filed in federal court, and must ...
Minneapolis leaders reach a tentative deal with the ... - CBS News
5 days ago · In a blistering report, federal investigators found that the police department's use of "excessive force" discriminates against Black and Native American citizens, violating their free-speech...
Minneapolis reaches tentative agreement with the U.S. DOJ to …
6 days ago · A consent decree is one of the federal government’s most aggressive tools for restraining police departments it finds to be systemically violating the U.S. Constitution.