Judge tosses out federal police reform plan for Louisville
A years-long effort to bring federal oversight of policing reform to Louisville ended Wednesday with a judge tossing out a proposed consent decree. City leaders signed the reform plan late in December 2024 in the waning days of President Joe Biden’s administration. The proposed consent decree outlined dozens of changes to policy and training that were meant to address the unconstitutional policing practices the U.S. Department of Justice identified in its two-year-long investigation. But under President Donald Trump, the DOJ has taken a different tack on consent decrees, arguing they unnecessarily hamstring officers and make cities less safe. U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Beaton, a Trump appointee, granted the government’s motion to dismiss on Wednesday after months of silence. In his
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