The previous administration’s Department of Justice and Louisville signed the agreement last month, but it has not yet been approved by a federal judge.
Doug Harless was shot to death in his home by London police. Many questions have been raised about what led up to the shooting.
The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday.
Donald Trump’s Justice Department suspends civil rights lawsuits and police reform consent decrees set up by the Biden administration.
A federal judge expressed skepticism about the Justice Department’s proposed police consent decree with Louisville.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city will continue with plans to implement police department reforms outlined in a federal consent decree agreement, even after the Trump Administration ordered a freeze on civil rights litigation and a potential review of such agreements.
On his second day in office, President Trump's burnished his pro-police bona fides – pardoning two wrongfully convicted D.C. cops and, critically, halting the Biden Justice Department's legal assaults on local police agencies.
Just like he did in 2017, Trump has blocked consent decrees intended to stop police abuses. In Louisville, Black people will be adversely impacted.
The ACLU-KY is challenging Kentucky's statute of limitations in civil rights cases after a dismissal to a suit involving Louisville Metro Police.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville's consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice may be reconsidered, per a memo sent by newly-appointed DOJ leadership under President Donald Trump. It may be shot down before federal district court Judge Benjamin Beaton can make a final decision.
New immigration rules now allow federal agents to enter schools, churches, and hospitals to enforce immigration laws—places that were previously off-limits.