The Biden administration secured an agreement to implement police reforms in Minneapolis ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The consent decree agreement Monday with the Minneapolis ...

To win the Democratic primaries four years ago, Joe Biden had to take a left turn on criminal justice, offering voters a smorgasbord of reforms to a carceral system he had helped build over his ...

The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia ...

Effective Law Enforcement for All, called ELEFA, was selected by Mayor Craig Greenberg in September to serve as an ...

The Louisville community met with Effective Law Enforcement for All for the first time Wednesday evening, as the independent ...

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday that it is moving to drop police reform agreements, known as consent decrees, that the Biden-era department reached with the cities of Louisville, ...

Federal consent decrees can be a powerful legal tool to reform police departments. When former President Trump takes office again in January, the fate of investigations the Biden administration opened ...

Donald Trump’s administration could also review police reform agreements sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. President Donald Trump’s new administration has ordered a halt on ...

"We've evolved from demanding justice to building the power to enforce it ourselves," said Angela Angel, senior advisor at Black Lives Matter PAC. As the city of Minneapolis and the nation ...

President Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration, ...

Critics have blasted it as undermining support for police officers. Amid national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, and other police-involved ...

In the January 2025 issue of Reason, we're giving performance reviews of Joe Biden's presidency. Click here to read the other entries. To win the Democratic primaries four years ago, Joe Biden had to ...