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.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/38426595

Following a scathing report by the Justice Department in 2023, Minneapolis in January approved a consent decree with the federal government in the final days of the Biden administration to overhaul its training and use-of-force policies under court supervision.

The agreement required approval from a federal court in Minnesota. But the Trump administration was granted a delay soon after taking office while it considered its options, and on Wednesday told the court it does not intend to proceed. It planned to file a similar motion in federal court in Kentucky.

“After an extensive review by current Department of Justice and Civil Rights Division leadership, the United States no longer believes that the proposed consent decree would be in the public interest,” said the Minnesota motion, signed by Andrew Darlington, acting chief of the special litigation section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The United States will no longer prosecute this matter.”

  • octopus_ink@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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    6 days ago

    So, 1992, nothing was done, 2020, nothing was done. Who’s with me in 2048 when we try again to achieve policing which respects life, avoids needless harm and death, and no longer rewards the cops who can’t seem to get those things right?

  • centof@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    Seems like a case of good cop / bad cop. The democrats drag their feet on actually doing anything til the end of their term and then just a few months later the republicans work to undo it. I am skeptical the Justice department under either admin wanted this to happen.

    • octopus_ink@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      Seems like a case of good cop / bad cop. The democrats drag their feet on actually doing anything til the end of their term and then just a few months later the republicans work to undo it.

      Oh yes this is absolutely true for current Dem leadership.

  • dumples@midwest.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    At least the State of Minnesota has a similar consent decree with the Minneapolis police department. But that will only last as long as there are people in state to still enforce it. I doubt that will be the case for other cities who decrees are coming to be canceled. This is still despicable