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BBC News
2 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Police to reinvestigate child sexual exploitation cases
Fresh investigations could be launched into 287 child sexual exploitation cases that had been dropped by local police forces, Yvette Cooper has told home secretary said the cases had been handed to a national police taskforce which will look at whether to reopen them and "pursue any new lines of inquiry that have not been properly pursued".In January, Cooper asked all police forces in England and Wales to "look again at historic gang exploitation cases where 'No Further Action' was taken".So far half of the forces have reported back, with 287 cases identified for review by the national Police Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce. "Now we are awaiting reports back from the other half of police forces," Cooper told the Commons Home Affairs Committee earlier on government has resisted opposition calls for a national inquiry into grooming gangs with powers to compel witnesses to give evidence. Instead, it has pledged £5m in funding for at least five local inquiries, with the location of those yet to be announced. It also commissioned veteran Whitehall troubleshooter Dame Louise Casey to carry out a "rapid" review of the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse, and a framework for the local had been due to release her report last month but has asked for a "short extension," Cooper told MPs."We do need her audit to inform the next steps and decisions around the local inquiries," she January, the national taskforce reported that there were 127 major police investigations underway on child sexual exploitation and gang grooming across 29 different police forces.
Bloomberg
7 days ago
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- Bloomberg
The Justice Department Shouldn't Abandon Police Oversight
Nearly five years to the week since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, a consent decree that was supposed to usher in significant law enforcement reforms in the city is no more, dissolved by court order at the Trump administration's request. The Justice Department is also pulling out of a similar consent decree in Louisville, Kentucky that emerged following the police killing of Breonna Taylor in a botched 2020 raid. And it is closing out nearly a half-dozen investigations into alleged police abuses in Memphis, Tennessee; Mount Vernon, New York; Trenton, New Jersey; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the Louisiana State Police.
CBS News
27-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Federal judge dismisses Minneapolis Police Department's proposed consent decree
The Minneapolis Police Department is no longer under federal oversight after a judge ruled on Tuesday to dismiss a proposed consent decree "with prejudice," meaning it can't be filed again. The federally mandated reforms came in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Sunday marked five years since his death, which was marked by communities in the Twin Cities and across the U.S. Last week, the Trump administration's Department of Justice asked that the proposed consent decree get tossed out, alleging it "would have imposed years of micromanagement by federal courts … and potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of compliance costs." Despite Judge Paul A. Magnuson's dismissal, a separate reform agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights is still in place, and both Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara and Mayor Jacob Frey say they'll press forward. "The bottom line is that we are doing it anyway. We will implement every reform in the 169-page consent decree," Frey said in a statement released on Tuesday. "Minneapolis is making great progress on police reform, and we don't need permission from Washington or a federal judge to keep pushing forward." The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis also released a statement after Magnuson's ruling, saying it appreciates the decision, adding "additional oversight is unnecessary." The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division also ended its investigations into seven other police departments. This story will be updated.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Darnella Frazier 5 years after George Floyd's murder: ‘We did not forget'
The Brief Darnella Frazier was at the site of the encounter where Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd, recording the video that later sparked worldwide protest and efforts for police reform. On the five-year anniversary of his death, she has taken to social media to say his legacy has not been forgotten. Minneapolis officials say they continue to work toward police reform in Minneapolis, despite uncertainty at the federal level. (FOX 9) - Five years after George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, the woman who filmed the video that showed the majority of the encounter – that led to subsequent protests throughout the city in the following days – says in a new social media post that she has not forgotten the encounter, and has no plans to stay silent. Darnella Frazier post On May 25, 2020, Darnella Frazier recorded a portion of the encounter between Floyd and Chauvin, during which Floyd is pinned under Chauvin's knee for a little more than 9 minutes - later determined to be a contributing factor in his death. Frazier later testified during Chauvin's trial. In a social media post, Frazier is recalling the legacy of Floyd since the fateful encounter. "Just imagine how he'd feel knowing he's still remembered and his name is still being honored, his story is still being told, his pictures are still being displayed, and his memorial is still a powerful memory," the post says in part. Describing the scene she saw while recording, Frazier went on to address the aftermath in the day and years that followed. "We did not forget about what happened to you. We crowded the streets behind you. We did not forget your cry's. We marched and demanded justice for you. We did not forget how your life was taken from you," the post says, before concluding that she will "never be silent." Several events were held leading up to the anniversary of Floyd's death, including a festival featuring food vendors and music at George Floyd Square, that ended with a vigil and prayer. What's next Created to institute systemic police reforms in the aftermath of Floyd's death, the Department of Justice filed a motion last week to dismiss the federal consent decree against the City of Minneapolis Mayor Frey said the city will move forward with policing reform regardless of what is decided at the federal level, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara has also expressed the department is committed to change. The city also has a separate consent decree agreement with the State of Minnesota.
Al Jazeera
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Five years since the murder of George Floyd, what has changed?
Five years since the murder of George Floyd, what has changed? NewsFeed Five years since the murder of George Floyd, what has changed? Hundreds gathered in Minneapolis on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death. Activists said the failed push for police reform in the city cast a shadow over the vigil and argued nothing has changed since he was killed.
