Harmeet Dhillon

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.

And Minneapolis did oppose our attempts and has publicly criticized our decision. But in addition to the ones that I mentioned, Ben, we also dismissed six factual findings in different cities. And what the Biden administration attempted to do, and as you probably are aware, my predecessor was a avid defund the police activist.

And Minneapolis did oppose our attempts and has publicly criticized our decision. But in addition to the ones that I mentioned, Ben, we also dismissed six factual findings in different cities. And what the Biden administration attempted to do, and as you probably are aware, my predecessor was a avid defund the police activist.

And Minneapolis did oppose our attempts and has publicly criticized our decision. But in addition to the ones that I mentioned, Ben, we also dismissed six factual findings in different cities. And what the Biden administration attempted to do, and as you probably are aware, my predecessor was a avid defund the police activist.

And, you know, that is also the view of several of the prior lawyers in our special litigation section who've now died. moved on to other pastures. But we had findings, some of which were unsigned by any attorney. So no attorney was willing to put their name behind this, but very detailed findings that basically accused the police in six different cities of racism and inappropriate practices.

And, you know, that is also the view of several of the prior lawyers in our special litigation section who've now died. moved on to other pastures. But we had findings, some of which were unsigned by any attorney. So no attorney was willing to put their name behind this, but very detailed findings that basically accused the police in six different cities of racism and inappropriate practices.

And, you know, that is also the view of several of the prior lawyers in our special litigation section who've now died. moved on to other pastures. But we had findings, some of which were unsigned by any attorney. So no attorney was willing to put their name behind this, but very detailed findings that basically accused the police in six different cities of racism and inappropriate practices.

We don't have confidence that those findings are based in facts. appropriate full consideration of all the facts and appropriate statistics. And so we're dismissing those factual findings in Memphis and Oklahoma City and Mississippi State Police and Trenton, Louisiana and Trenton, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York and Phoenix, Arizona. So

We don't have confidence that those findings are based in facts. appropriate full consideration of all the facts and appropriate statistics. And so we're dismissing those factual findings in Memphis and Oklahoma City and Mississippi State Police and Trenton, Louisiana and Trenton, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York and Phoenix, Arizona. So

We don't have confidence that those findings are based in facts. appropriate full consideration of all the facts and appropriate statistics. And so we're dismissing those factual findings in Memphis and Oklahoma City and Mississippi State Police and Trenton, Louisiana and Trenton, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York and Phoenix, Arizona. So

Pretty broad range of different types of issues, but we did not have confidence in those outcomes. And so that's why we took those actions yesterday.

Pretty broad range of different types of issues, but we did not have confidence in those outcomes. And so that's why we took those actions yesterday.

Pretty broad range of different types of issues, but we did not have confidence in those outcomes. And so that's why we took those actions yesterday.

Well, great question. So the police departments themselves are usually not the decision makers. It's usually the city council or a mayor. And as we've seen a trend in the United States over the last two decades, those are often anti-police themselves and very progressive, if you will.

Well, great question. So the police departments themselves are usually not the decision makers. It's usually the city council or a mayor. And as we've seen a trend in the United States over the last two decades, those are often anti-police themselves and very progressive, if you will.

Well, great question. So the police departments themselves are usually not the decision makers. It's usually the city council or a mayor. And as we've seen a trend in the United States over the last two decades, those are often anti-police themselves and very progressive, if you will.

These consent decrees can run to hundreds of pages long, and they basically minutely control the extent to which hiring, training, reporting, practices like the types of Holds that can be used on suspects, whether police will be punished effectively for column DEI statistics, the extent to which arrest or stop and question or stop and frisk encounters with the public.

These consent decrees can run to hundreds of pages long, and they basically minutely control the extent to which hiring, training, reporting, practices like the types of Holds that can be used on suspects, whether police will be punished effectively for column DEI statistics, the extent to which arrest or stop and question or stop and frisk encounters with the public.

These consent decrees can run to hundreds of pages long, and they basically minutely control the extent to which hiring, training, reporting, practices like the types of Holds that can be used on suspects, whether police will be punished effectively for column DEI statistics, the extent to which arrest or stop and question or stop and frisk encounters with the public.

are in any way different statistically from the population of that community without considering the extent to which crime may be higher in certain neighborhoods. I mean, one of the ones that really struck me was the Memphis factual findings So first of all, as we know, Memphis is a fairly crime-ridden city. It's also majority African-American. The police force is majority African-American.