Latest news with #consentdecrees
Fox News
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
A Spotlight on Policing
The Trump administration is ending federal oversight of police departments through consent decrees in Minneapolis and Louisville. Those are the locations of the high-profile police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor five years ago that captured the nation's attention on the issue. President Trump's Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon says these consent decrees have been taking policing control away from local communities and turning it over to 'un-elected bureaucrats.' Former federal prosecutor Jim Trusty joins the Rundown to discuss police oversight since the summer of 2020 and the battle over the Trump administration's latest deportation enforcement plans. The unofficial start of the summer travel season is this weekend, but the Federal Aviation Administration predicts that a record number of people will fly on Tuesday. This report comes after prominent travel delays caused by flight issues at Newark Liberty International Airport and the introduction of the REAL ID mandate. Travel expert Lee Abbamonte joins the podcast to share tips on how to prepare for your summer vacation and avoid wasting money. Plus, commentary from the host of the 'Kennedy Saves The World' podcast, Kennedy. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
CBS News
21-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Justice Department ending probes of Minneapolis and Louisville police departments
Washington — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it is starting the process of dismissing lawsuits against police departments in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, bringing an end to investigations launched during former President Joe Biden's administration. It will also put an end to proposed accountability agreements with the departments. The department said the consent decrees proposed by the Biden administration sought to subject the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments to sweeping agreements that went beyond accusations of unconstitutional conduct and would have led to "years of micromanagement" of local departments. The federal involvement began following the deaths of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police and Breonna Taylor in a Louisville police shooting in 2020. "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, who leads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, said in a statement. "Today, we are ending the Biden Civil Rights Division's failed experiment of handcuffing local leaders and police departments with factually unjustified consent decrees." In addition to taking steps to dismiss the lawsuits against the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments, the Trump administration also said it is closing investigations into police departments in Phoenix; Trenton, New Jersey; Memphis; Mount Vernon, New York; Oklahoma City and the Louisiana State Police. This is a developing story and will be updated.
Wall Street Journal
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
An End to Biden Injustice Against the Police
I have directed the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to dismiss two last-minute Biden-administration lawsuits, against the Louisville, Ky., and Minneapolis police departments. The suits sought to subject both cities to sweeping, minutely detailed consent decrees that would inhibit local policing for years, make area residents less safe, and cost local taxpayers millions of dollars. Using the threat of litigation, the Biden Justice Department sought to force many municipalities into such policing consent decrees—federal court-monitored settlements billed as 'achieving reforms.' On our review, it is clear that the previous administration's investigations and findings were based on faulty legal theories, incomplete data and flawed statistical methods.
