MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - What is the Kendrick Consent Decree? A landmark 1978 settlement between the Memphis Police Department and ACLU created one of the strongest First Amendment protections against ...

Explore how Louisville is partnering with the Department of Justice via a consent decree to enhance constitutional policing, public safety and community trust. JCPS Superintendent's reaction to first ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of the killings of George Floyd ...

The Trump administration is moving to dismiss federal oversight agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd, and ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal health agencies and the White House under President Joe Biden pressured social media companies to censor speech that contradicted the federal government’s ...

After more than a decade under federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department will finally have a chance to prove that it can police itself, a judge ruled Tuesday (Jan. 14). Since 2013, the NOPD ...

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.

Federal oversight of the New Orleans Police Department, which began nearly 13 years ago under a wide-ranging federal consent decree, has been terminated, following an informal “final proceeding” in ...

The Trump administration is discussing asking a judge to enforce any deal it reaches with the school, which the White House says has not done enough to address antisemitism. By Jonah E. Bromwich ...

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) plans to continue with its court-enforceable settlement agreement with the City of Minneapolis, despite the Trump Administration filing a motion to ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - While a consent decree agreement reached by the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) and the city is currently pending approval from a federal judge, a metro councilwoman ...