The Justice Department announced Wednesday that
it had settled its investigation into an array of illegal police tactics
focused on minorities in Newark with a series of reforms aimed at
remaking the force in New Jersey's largest city.
The deal marks another notch in the Justice Department's growing effort
to compel local police agencies to change by threatening court action.
The department is currently juggling 15 such consent degrees with forces
small and large, from Ferguson, Missouri to Seattle and New Orleans.
Police in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. have successfully completed
the terms and returned from the federal government's oversight. Another
five departments, including Chicago and Baltimore, are under
investigation for possible action.
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Source: NBC News
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