The decision to end the consent decree, after the Trump Justice Department moved for its termination, comes more than a ...
Any deterrence plan must be focused, balanced and fair. The consent decree won’t suffice. But cities like Boston and Oakland ...
(CNN) — When Brian O’Hara took over the Minneapolis Police Department in 2022, he saw a department in free fall. The murder of George Floyd and the ensuing riots in 2020 had fractured the public’s ...
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement ...
Democratic socialism is gradually growing its influence in local government, picking up seats on city councils across America each election cycle.
Illinois Senate President Don Harmon is facing a new challenge over a State Board of Elections staff finding that his campaign committee owes $9.8 million in fines for accepting campaign contributions ...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey promised more of the same brand of leadership if elected to a third term. It was a winning message. While the progressive appeal of state Sen. Omar Fateh — who mounted a ...
Minneapolis voters returned most incumbents but added four new city council members, ending the council’s veto-proof majority ...
The Office of the Attorney General told U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer that immediate steps must be taken to ...
The consent decree has been in place since 2012, following a federal investigation that uncovered patterns of misconduct ...
The federal judge overseeing Baltimore Police’s consent decree progress praised the department during a Thursday hearing for driving crime down while making strides in reforming unconstitutional ...