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New York Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Five Years After Floyd
Five years ago this Sunday, Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd. His murder set off protests and riots across the country. Demonstrators called for sweeping changes to policing and remedies for what they described as systemic racism in law enforcement. How much has changed? Nationwide, surprisingly little. States and cities enacted new policies aimed at improving policing, but the data suggests that these changes have had little impact on accountability or the number of killings by police officers. The changes After Floyd's murder, states and police departments banned chokeholds and no-knock warrants. They mandated body cameras. They rewrote guidelines about how to de-escalate a confrontation with a suspect. They educated officers about racial profiling. And more. The changes weren't universal, and some places did more than others. But every state passed at least some changes. In a few cities, the federal government intervened. It investigated and publicized police abuses, pressuring local governments into court-enforced consent decrees. These pacts forced police departments to make specific changes and let federal officials and court monitors track how the policies worked over time. Freddie Gray died in 2015 after a 'rough ride' while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department; a consent decree mandated that the city's police drivers follow the speed limit and provide functioning seatbelts when transporting detainees. At least, that's how consent decrees used to function. This week, the Trump administration dropped efforts to investigate or oversee nearly two dozen police departments. Meanwhile, killings by police officers rose from just over 1,000 in 2019 to around 1,200 in 2024. People killed by the police from 2015 through 2024 Death of George Floyd May 25, 2020 1,226 killings in 2024 1,250 1,000 750 500 250 2018 2024 2016 2020 2022 Death of George Floyd May 25, 2020 1,226 killings in 2024 1,250 1,000 750 500 250 2018 2024 2016 2020 2022 Based on an analysis of data compiled by The Washington Post and data from Mapping Police Violence By The New York Times Groups Trump has targeted for deportation 940,000 620,000 530,000 with humanitarian parole with Temporary Protected Status who used a government app to enter the U.S. 8.4 million without protections 940,000 620,000 530,000 with humanitarian parole with Temporary Protected Status who used a government app to enter the U.S. 8.4 million without protections Sources: Customs and Border Protection; Congressional Research Service; Department of Homeland Security By The New York Times Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
CNN
21-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
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 Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd. The move, announced by the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, reflects the administration's opposition to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the DOJ found a pattern of misconduct. A consent decree is a federal agreement that is approved by a judge and is used as a monitoring system for police departments when an investigation finds that reform is needed. The Civil Rights Division is closing investigations into local police departments in Phoenix, Arizona, Trenton, New Jersey, Memphis, Tennessee, and Mount Vernon, New York. 'Overbroad police consent decrees divest local control of policing from communities where it belongs, turning that power over to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats, often with an anti-police agenda,' Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement. This story is breaking and will be updated.
CNN
21-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
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 Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd. The move, announced by the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, reflects the administration's opposition to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the DOJ found a pattern of misconduct. A consent decree is a federal agreement that is approved by a judge and is used as a monitoring system for police departments when an investigation finds that reform is needed. The Civil Rights Division is closing investigations into local police departments in Phoenix, Arizona, Trenton, New Jersey, Memphis, Tennessee, and Mount Vernon, New York. 'Overbroad police consent decrees divest local control of policing from communities where it belongs, turning that power over to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats, often with an anti-police agenda,' Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement. This story is breaking and will be updated.
