STATEMENT: Baltimore Consent Decree Vital Step for Residents Waiting Decades for Reform

1/12/17 Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Baltimore City officials announced that they have entered into a court-enforceable agreement, a consent decree, to address alleged unlawful policing practices of the Baltimore Police Department. The 227–page agreement comes 21 months after the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray, an unarmed Black man, and … Continue reading STATEMENT: Baltimore Consent Decree Vital Step for Residents Waiting Decades for Reform