US EditionFrey Vows Lasting Change for Minneapolis Policing Reform in Executive Order
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vowed to implement police reforms despite the withdrawal of the DOJ from consent decrees, stating, 'We're doing it anyway.'
- City Council Members called for the police reforms to be integrated into a state settlement for legal enforceability.
- Community members emphasized the need for legally binding reforms rather than verbal commitments from city leaders.
- The U.S. Attorney General highlighted disturbing patterns in the Minneapolis Police Department's conduct affecting community trust.
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Minneapolis City Attorney: Council can’t proceed on plan to revive federal police reforms killed by Trump
City Council members are pursuing a separate plan to fold the federal agreement into a state settlement; the city attorney says they don’t have the power.
Frey signs executive order to carry out federal consent decree that Trump's DOJ ditched
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order Tuesday telling city staff to fully implement the terms of the now-dismissed settlement to reform the Minneapolis Police Department.
Frey asks city attorney to help revive parts of dismissed federal agreement on MPD
Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order Tuesday directing the city to move forward with police reforms that would have been required under the federal consent decree that never came to be, after the 171-page agreement was abandoned by the Trump Administration and laid to rest by a judge.
Leaders In Louisville, Minneapolis Want Consent Decrees Codified
Source: MediaNews Group/St. Paul Pioneer Press via Getty Images / Getty Last month, the Trump administration announced it would withdraw from consent decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis that would’ve instituted federally mandated police reforms in both cities. While city leadership in Louisville and Minneapolis has given verbal confirmation that they will continue to implement the reforms agreed upon in the consent decrees, community members w…
Minneapolis police reform: Frey signs order to implement consent decree without federal government
After the Trump administration moved to dismiss the federal consent decree against Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey said "we're doing it anyway." On Tuesday, Mayor Frey issued an executive order to codify the police reforms.
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