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

The DOJ announced Minneapolis agreed to make systemic reforms to its police department after the 2020 murder of George Floyd sparked a federal probe.

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 ...

A consent decree is one of the federal government’s most aggressive tools for reining in police departments found to be violating the U.S. Constitution. Republican presidents rarely pursue them ...

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

Minneapolis officials say the city will adhere to a federal consent decree ordering expansive reforms to its police force despite the U.S. Department of Justice's plan to end its investigation ...

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 ...