The Minneapolis City Council Tuesday pulled back a directive that would have called on City Attorney Kristyn Anderson’s ...

Mayor Jacob Frey says the city will forge forward with consent decree without a judge’s signature, but that promise is not a legal mandate.

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights says its consent decree with the Minneapolis Police Department "isn't going anywhere" amid reports on Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice is ...

Consent decrees had already been signed in both Louisville and Minneapolis following thorough investigations conducted by the DOJ under the Biden administration.

Minneapolis is “relatively unique” in its formation around consent decree settlements because of timing, said University of Minnesota sociology professor Michelle Phelps.

RELATED: Minneapolis city Council approves federal consent decree to reform MPD The State of Minnesota says its consent decree will remain in place, even if the federal consent decree doesn’t.

Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

In addition to the federal consent decree, Minneapolis had previously entered into a legal agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, promising an overhaul of police practices.

Minneapolis will follow police reform consent decree, despite DOJ dismissal “We’re doing it anyway,” Mayor Jacob Frey said Wednesday. “We will implement every reform outlined in the ...

DOJ moves to end consent decree agreement in Minneapolis Despite the change in federal policy, state and local leaders in Minnesota vowed to continue work holding police departments accountable and ...

The Department of Justice has filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss the federal consent decree against the City of Minneapolis created in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing.