We have huge challenges with people who have mental illness,’ says Miami-Dade Public Defender Carlos Martinez.
The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice ...
During Trump’s first administration, he was critical of police reform agreements as he viewed them as anti-police.
The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform ...
One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at ...
Just like he did in 2017, Trump has blocked consent decrees intended to stop police abuses. In, Black people will be ...
Recent political developments signal a potentially devastating reversal in efforts to address systemic racial inequities.
WASHINGTON − Moments after Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a farewell address to his staff, Kristen Clarke ...
It demands systemic changes that restore public confidence and enables the police to fulfill their duties effectively and ethically. Cosmetic changes might provide a temporary morale boost, but they ...
The DOJ declined to comment to Phoenix New Times. For Venable and other activists working for police reform, it’s hardly a surprise that the clock ran out. “We watched the city of Phoenix drag ...
The Trump administration, in a memo, instructed lawyers in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division not to file any new complaints, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticizes the Trump administration's move to suspend police reform agreements, raising concerns about equal protection under the law.