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Justice Department Halts New Civil Rights Cases

Trump's New Justice Department Leadership Orders a Freeze on Civil Rights Cases

The 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

MinnPost · 1h

Minneapolis consent decree in jeopardy with Justice Department pause on civil rights litigation

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KARE 11 · 20h

Frey: Minneapolis 'moving forward' with consent decree as Trump DOJ freezes civil rights litigation

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city will continue with plans to implement police department reforms outlined in a federal consent decree agreement, even after the Trump Administration ordered a freeze on civil rights legislation and a potential review of such agreements.

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MinnPost · 18h

Frey pushes back on Trump administration threats to police reform consent decree

President Trump’s new civil rights division head issued a memo that puts the implementation of the Minneapolis consent decree in question.

Hosted on MSN · 17h

Minneapolis says they will continue with consent decree no matter what Trump Administration changes

The City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department plan to move forward with the terms laid out in a federal consent decree, regardless of what may be decided by the Trump Administration or the Justice Department.

CBS News on MSN · 6d

Minneapolis police union files motion to intervene in consent decree

The consent decree process started after a police officer killed George Floyd in 2020, sparking global protests. In 2023, the Department of Justice released a report that found the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in systematic racial discrimination and unconstitutional policing for years.

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSN11h

Federally mandate 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 ...

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Minneapolis police union seeks to intervene as city awaits judge’s approval of consent decree

The Minneapolis police union filed a motion to intervene Friday in the federal court case that lays out the agreement between ...

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New ordinance may levy fee for off-duty Minneapolis police officers

MINNEAPOLIS — The City of Minneapolis is making moves to charge fees for off-duty police work. According to a 2019 audit, 71% ...

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sees consent decree as a positive, not punishment

While the City of Minneapolis waits for a federal judge to sign off on a consent decree proposed by the U.S. Justice ...

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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, ...

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