However, it’s unclear that this supposed loophole would apply in consent decrees like Cleveland’s 111-page 2015 police-use-of-force decree-- adopted pursuant to a federal law that specifically ...

American Civil Liberties Union Policy Director Ed Yohnka says the growing number of legal settlements that Chicago taxpayers ...

It's been 10 years since the city of Cleveland entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice to reform ...

This story has been updated to include new information. The U.S. Department of Justice's police reform agreement with Louisville Metro Government and the city's police department could be in ...

Citing the new administration, U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge for a 30-day extension to file materials ...

A consent decree in a class-action lawsuit brought by people judged incompetent to stand trial passed the House ...

The fate of Louisville's consent decree is being delayed once again. A federal judge has approved a 30-day extension for the U.S. Department of Justice to submit additional materials. The agency ...

The order from Trump — an order we all suspected would come down — leaves in question whether the consent decree between the city of Louisville and the Department of Justice sitting on a ...

In a statement Thursday, Greenberg said he and Humphrey "remain committed to implementing the reforms set forth in the consent decree we signed with the DOJ," and will "move forward and honor our ...