The 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 is starting the ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms ...

After the Trump administration moved to dismiss the federal consent decree against Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey said "we're ...

Consent decrees have been a federal government tool for reforming police departments. What happens if the one governing the Minneapolis Police Department goes away?

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order Tuesday, saying the city is "committed to police reform, even if the ...

Now, under Trump’s leadership, Justice Department officials say federal oversight is not necessary, describing consent decrees in Minneapolis and other cities as “anti-police.” ...

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara, left, and Mayor Jacob Frey take questions from reporters on Wednesday after the Justice Department moved to dismiss the proposed federal consent decree with ...

It's moving to quash two proposed consent decrees. One is in Louisville, Kentucky, where police killed Breonna Taylor. The other is in Minneapolis, where George Floyd died at the hands of police ...

The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul of policing following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

Another study found that consent decrees overseen by a monitor led to a 29% decrease in civilian fatalities at police hands. In Minneapolis, the city and what was then the Biden administration ...

In Aug. 2016, two years after the police shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr., U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry approved a 131-page consent agreement between the City of Ferguson and the U. S.