Minneapolis police consent decree reforms to be implemented despite dismissal 00:45. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all ...

Minneapolis is “relatively unique” in its formation around consent decree settlements because of timing, said University of Minnesota sociology professor Michelle Phelps.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms outlined in a consent decree weeks after its dismissal. Bison’s last moments ...

In Aug. 2016, two years after the police shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr., U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry approved a 131-page consent agreement between the City of Ferguson and the U. S.

Minneapolis' proposed consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice has been dismissed, but city leaders are still pushing for those police reforms to take legal force.

The Baltimore Police Department itself has called the consent decree “a mandate for positive transformation to benefit the community and the Department.” But now, as the Justice Department backs away ...

When the U.S. Attorney’s Office moved to dismiss a federal consent decree to reform the Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vowed, “We’re doing it anyway.” On ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Brian O’Hara address the dismissal of the federal consent decree on May 21. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Gift ...

Piper Sandler and Stifel Financial on Wednesday asked a judge to free them from "onerous" restrictions from the U.S.

Earlier this month, a similar consent decree was announced in Minneapolis after years of investigation into its police force. The DOJ inquiry, launched in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, uncovered ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey left, and Police Chief Brian O'Hara take questions from reporters on May 21, after the Justice Department moved to dismiss the proposed federal consent decree with the ...