After George Floyd’s murder, it took nearly half a decade to get a police reform deal done. Now, there are new concerns about that “consent decree.” A new DOJ memo reads, “The new administration may ...

The Trump administration, in a memo, instructed lawyers in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division not to file any new complaints, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Just two weeks after sweeping police reforms were agreed upon by the city of Minneapolis and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), it appears that agreement, called a consent decree, could get tossed ...

Donald Trump’s administration could also review police reform agreements sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

A judge found the Baltimore Police Department in “full and effective compliance” with three more pillars of the consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday.

The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform ...

Mizelle directed the civil rights division of the Justice Department to “not execute or finalize any settlements or consent ...

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice ...

Some advocates have been disappointed by the pace of efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.

Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman chosen to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the DOJ 'a ...