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EXPLAINED: DOJ drops oversight of some local police departments
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2:02Now PlayingThe Justice Department is dismissing lawsuits against several local police departments and ending investigations into patterns of unconstitutional policing.
In a statement, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon stated: “Overbroad police consent decrees divest local control of policing from communities where it belongs.”
MSNBC legal analyst and civil rights attorney @ Charles Coleman breaks down what this means — and why it matters, just five years after the killing of George Floyd.
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