"This is a big step towards that commitment that the Department of Justice now the Attorney General made."
"It tells us John that there's a big pivot away from how the Justice Department was run under Donald Trump."
"What we see under the Biden Department of Justice and Merrick Garland is a very different approach more akin to the approach under Eric Holder and President Obama, that says police officers, police de..."
"the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick Garland will be seeking considerably more funding to up its capacity specifically on civil rights enforcement and on fighting domestic violent ext..."
"Elections have consequences."
"Today, the Justice Department is opening a civil investigation into the Louisville Jefferson County Metro government and the Louisville Metro Police Department to determine whether LMPD engages in a p..."
"Thank God that Merrick Garland is in the position that he`s in to be able to once again have a vigorous program of civil investigation of police agencies that are engaging in patterns of practice of m..."
"the federal U.S. Justice Department is opening an investigation into the practices of a specific local police department."
"these investigations by the federal Justice Department are a really big deal. They can bring about significant and fairly fast changes in policing."
"The investigation will assess whether LMPD engages in a pattern or practice of using unreasonable force. It will determine whether LMPD engages in unconstitutional stops, searches and seizures, as wel..."
"The Justice Department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing."