Attorney General Jeff Sessions orders a review of police reform consent decrees.
The U.S. Department of Justice released a report Monday detailing problems with the Minneapolis, Minnesota police department's response to protests that followed the 2015 shooting death of Jamar Clark.
Civil rights leaders met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss their concerns about the DOJ's direction.
Ferguson officials have missed crucial deadlines that were set by the Department of Justice in efforts to reform policing procedures.
Civil rights activists fear the outcome of a DOJ probe into Freddie Gray’s case under the Trump administration.
Baltimore's mayor and the attorney general announce that they've reached an accord on police reforms. The agreement awaits court approval.
A federal probe cleared South Boston, Virginia, officers who discharged their Tasers 20 times while Linwood Lambert was shackled.
A federal judge sentenced a White supremacist to 10 years in prison. The assailant, who viciously attacked a Black man, boasted about taking part in cross-burnings.
Baltimore's mayor is asking the state for $30 million to pay for police reforms. Some of the spending would go toward an early warning system to identify patterns of police misconduct.
The Justice Department is investigating the Tulsa police shooting of an unarmed Black man. They are looking into a possible civil rights violation.
The Department of Justice announced that it will phase out its use of private prisons. There's no need for them with the declining population of federal prisoners.
The Department of Justice and a South Carolina sheriff's department reach an agreement on police involvement in student discipline. Meanwhile the ACLU files a lawsuit against the state's vaguely worded statutes blamed for filling the school to prison pipeline.
