Harmeet Dhillon
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Well, absolutely. And so for the last 30 years or so, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has been pursuing consent decrees on police departments throughout the United States. And what happens is with any organization, there's one or two rogue officers or cops or people with just bad intention or malign motives who do something bad.
Well, absolutely. And so for the last 30 years or so, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has been pursuing consent decrees on police departments throughout the United States. And what happens is with any organization, there's one or two rogue officers or cops or people with just bad intention or malign motives who do something bad.
Well, absolutely. And so for the last 30 years or so, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has been pursuing consent decrees on police departments throughout the United States. And what happens is with any organization, there's one or two rogue officers or cops or people with just bad intention or malign motives who do something bad.
And then the DOJ and a court imposes a consent decree on the entire city that typically keeps on average the city and the police department or the sheriff's department under a federal court's control for over a decade. The city has to pay for the compliance costs of this, which often amount to over $10 million a year over a decade. And then on top of that,
And then the DOJ and a court imposes a consent decree on the entire city that typically keeps on average the city and the police department or the sheriff's department under a federal court's control for over a decade. The city has to pay for the compliance costs of this, which often amount to over $10 million a year over a decade. And then on top of that,
And then the DOJ and a court imposes a consent decree on the entire city that typically keeps on average the city and the police department or the sheriff's department under a federal court's control for over a decade. The city has to pay for the compliance costs of this, which often amount to over $10 million a year over a decade. And then on top of that,
They have to pay a law firm or a police monitor who is a solo another million dollars a year on average. And crime goes up, public safety goes down, police satisfaction goes down. And overall, these consent decrees have been found to be relatively ineffective. And so what we're doing at the Civil Rights Division is we're withdrawing
They have to pay a law firm or a police monitor who is a solo another million dollars a year on average. And crime goes up, public safety goes down, police satisfaction goes down. And overall, these consent decrees have been found to be relatively ineffective. And so what we're doing at the Civil Rights Division is we're withdrawing
They have to pay a law firm or a police monitor who is a solo another million dollars a year on average. And crime goes up, public safety goes down, police satisfaction goes down. And overall, these consent decrees have been found to be relatively ineffective. And so what we're doing at the Civil Rights Division is we're withdrawing
We dismissed yesterday two consent decree filings that the Biden administration had done in the waning days of their administration. In Louisville, Kentucky, where the Breonna Taylor situation happened in the prior Trump administration, she was shot and killed as a result of
We dismissed yesterday two consent decree filings that the Biden administration had done in the waning days of their administration. In Louisville, Kentucky, where the Breonna Taylor situation happened in the prior Trump administration, she was shot and killed as a result of
We dismissed yesterday two consent decree filings that the Biden administration had done in the waning days of their administration. In Louisville, Kentucky, where the Breonna Taylor situation happened in the prior Trump administration, she was shot and killed as a result of
according to the investigation, a no-knock warrant having been obtained by two detectives who lied to obtain that no-knock warrant. So we're prosecuting those detectives and the officers involved in these incidents that I'm mentioning. We're prosecuting them for their individual offenses, and I think that's important, individual accountability.
according to the investigation, a no-knock warrant having been obtained by two detectives who lied to obtain that no-knock warrant. So we're prosecuting those detectives and the officers involved in these incidents that I'm mentioning. We're prosecuting them for their individual offenses, and I think that's important, individual accountability.
according to the investigation, a no-knock warrant having been obtained by two detectives who lied to obtain that no-knock warrant. So we're prosecuting those detectives and the officers involved in these incidents that I'm mentioning. We're prosecuting them for their individual offenses, and I think that's important, individual accountability.
In the other one that we dismissed in Minneapolis, this stems from the George Floyd incident, where, of course, both state and federal prosecutions occurred of the officers involved in those incidents. And... What we have found in these types of consent decree situations is that public safety goes down, and so we don't want that to happen in these cities.
In the other one that we dismissed in Minneapolis, this stems from the George Floyd incident, where, of course, both state and federal prosecutions occurred of the officers involved in those incidents. And... What we have found in these types of consent decree situations is that public safety goes down, and so we don't want that to happen in these cities.
In the other one that we dismissed in Minneapolis, this stems from the George Floyd incident, where, of course, both state and federal prosecutions occurred of the officers involved in those incidents. And... What we have found in these types of consent decree situations is that public safety goes down, and so we don't want that to happen in these cities.
In each of these cities, Louisville has already agreed to hire its own police monitor to help improve its practices overall, and Minneapolis has negotiated a settlement with their state human rights commission, putting them under a consent decree already. And so Louisville didn't oppose our attempts to kick this out while we looked at it.
In each of these cities, Louisville has already agreed to hire its own police monitor to help improve its practices overall, and Minneapolis has negotiated a settlement with their state human rights commission, putting them under a consent decree already. And so Louisville didn't oppose our attempts to kick this out while we looked at it.