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Louisville and Minneapolis say police will honor reform agreements even if Justice Department backs out
One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at reforming local police departments with histories of misconduct and abuse, city leaders in in Minneapolis and Louisville pledged to follow through with agreed-upon reforms no matter what.
Federally-mandated police reforms in Minneapolis could be tossed out
Just two weeks after sweeping police reforms were agreed upon by the city of Minneapolis and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), it appears that agreement, called a consent decree, could get tossed out.
Minneapolis, Louisville police consent decrees may be abandoned by Trump's new DOJ
President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.
Trump's DOJ reportedly moves to halt recent consent decrees. Will Louisville be affected?
The police reform consent decree, still pending in court in Louisville, stems from an investigation started after the police killing of Breonna Taylor
Frey: Minneapolis 'moving forward' with consent decree as Trump DOJ freezes civil rights litigation
"Our city worked hard on this agreement, we are prepared to implement the reforms," Frey told KARE 11.
Prosecutors challenge incompetency finding of south Minneapolis man accused of shooting neighbor
A psychiatric evaluator found that John Sawchak is incompetent to stand trial, but the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office will ...
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J. Alexander Kueng, ex-officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back, released from prison
MINNEAPOLIS — One of the ex-Minneapolis police officers convicted in the killing ... the same day jury selection was set to begin in his trial in October 2022. Floyd died on May 25, 2020 ...
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Minneapolis police working to determine if 2 late-night shooting deaths are connected
Minneapolis police need your help in finding who is responsible for the deaths of two men who were found shot late Monday night as they work to determine if the deaths are related to one another.
Hennepin County Attorney's Office to challenge incompetency finding for south Minneapolis man accused of harassing, shooting neighbor
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says it will challenge a ruling that deemed a south Minneapolis man, who allegedly shot ...
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3 Minneapolis police officers cleared in fatal shooting of armed man
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has cleared three Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an armed man in June. “The loss of any life is a tragic event,” Hennepin ...
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Trump Pardons 2 D.C. Officers Convicted in Fatal Chase and Cover-Up
The death of a young Black man, Karon Hylton-Brown, led to days of protests in 2020, not long after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs Reporting from ...
Justice Department issues freeze for civil rights division
The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.