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The opportunity to take some time before undergoing questioning by investigators angers community activists and others seeking reforms of police departments around the country who believe it gives officers time to reshape their story to justify a shooting and avoid getting fired or charged.
It’s unclear if that objective is realistic given the disfavor, even hostility, the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has shown toward such court-supervised plans, called consent decrees, which agency policymakers say too often tie the hands of officers while imposing burdensome costs.
Five years after the fatal chokehold that sparked protests throughout the nation, Garner’s family might finally get a resolution.
Since the 2014 death of Eric Garner and a $35 million retraining program began, New York police have faced fewer complaints about the use of chokeholds. But the practice continues and the penalties officers face are light.
The N.H. Center for Public Interest Journalism, along with several newspapers and the ACLU of New Hampshire, sued the N.H. Department of Justice, arguing it must release the so-called “Laurie List” under the state’s Right to Know laws.
The top vote-getter in Tuesday’s Chicago mayoral election is the former head of the police disciplinary board. She now faces a runoff against a fellow self-styled police reformer.
Two analysts square off over the motives and impact of Jeff Sessions’ parting shot, when he reined in the use of Justice Department consent decrees to reform local police departments.
After six years of federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department has shown “remarkable” progress but needs more reforms before it can operate free of court supervision, a federal judge told the city.
Several thousand officers have been trained in “mindfulness” in cities like Dallas, Boston and Seattle, as well as towns across Oregon, California and Wisconsin. Proponents champion the practice as a way to treat the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder among police and reduce excessive use of force.
In the wake of Jeff Sessions’ departure from the Justice Department, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is urging the Trump administration to resume federal oversight of troubled police departments and reinstate the Justice Department’s community policing office.