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   Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 21-May-2025 23:43:43 JST Nonilex

   #US abandons #PoliceReform accords sought over deaths of #GeorgeFloyd & #BreonnaTaylor

   The #DOJ is abandoning efforts to secure court-approved settlements w/ #Minneapolis & #Louisville, despite its prior finding that #police in both cities routinely violated the #CivilRights of #Black people, a snr ofcl said on Wed.

   #law #BLM #ACAB
   https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-abandons-police-reform-accords-sought-over-deaths-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-2025-05-21/

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 21-May-2025 23:43:43 JST Nonilex

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     Harmeet Dhillon, the asst AG for the #DOJ's *#CivilRights* Division, said her office will seek to dismiss the pending litigation against the 2 cities & retract the dept's prior findings of constitutional violations.
     "Overbroad #police consent decrees divest local control of policing from communities *where it belongs*, turning that power over to unelected & unaccountable bureaucrats, often with an anti-police agenda," Dhillon said in a [BS] stmnt.
     #law #BLM #PoliceReform #Minneapolis #Louisville