Civil rights attorney Ben Crump spoke with ABC News on Tuesday to offer his thoughts on the move by the Trump administration regarding civil rights investigations.

One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at reforming local police departments with histories of misconduct and abuse, city leaders in in Minneapolis and Louisville pledged to follow through with agreed-upon reforms no matter what.

An internal memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of consent decrees that were finalized within the last 90 days. Louisville's was finalized in that time.

As the DOJ freezes civil rights investigations, two pending consent decrees are thrown into doubt. Will they go ahead without the feds?

raising the prospect that it may abandon two consent decrees finalized in the final weeks of the Biden administration in Minneapolis and Louisville. Those agreements, reached after investigations ...

city leaders in in Minneapolis and Louisville pledged to follow through with agreed-upon reforms no matter what. “It’s unfortunate the Trump administration may not be interested in cooperating ...

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After the U.S. Department of Justice froze civil rights actions, Hazleton officials didn’t raise their hopes too high that the federal government will drop a voting rights lawsuit against

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Trump’s pardons signaled that as far as Trump cares, the rule of law is an empty slogan, Law Journal columnist Bennett Gershman writes.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticizes the Trump administration's move to suspend police reform agreements, raising concerns about equal protection under the law.