LOCAL NEWS: City of Cleveland and Department of Justice To Announce Selection of Independent Monitor
The City of Cleveland will announce Thursday the selection of an independent monitor to report on the progress of the city’s settlement with the Department of Justice.We reported earlier this week that the estimated cost of implementing the requirements  will start at $13.2 million in 2016 and at least $8 million a year following for […]
Thursday on NewsOne Now, Roland Martin and the Straight Talk Panel discussed the findings of the DOJ's final report on Ferguson.
The Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland are still in discussions to negotiate and agree on a consent decree to make needed changes in Cleveland’s troubled police department. Any decree will take considerable time to finalize. In the meantime, both sides are advertising for interested individuals, firms or organizations to serve as […]
In the wake of the Department of Justice’s scathing report on the Ferguson Police Department and their racially biased procedures, Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne…
The New York Times is reporting that Justice Department lawyers will recommend that no federal Civil Rights charges be filed against former Ferguson police officer…
The Department of Justice has announced a new set of  rules to help curb racial profiling by federal law enforcement officials. These guidelines instruct federal law…
Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the Department of Justice found a pattern of unreasonable use of force by the Cleveland police. The investigation found Cleveland police “engage in poor and dangerous tactics,” including shootings and also excessive use of less lethal force, including Tasers. Cleveland police excessive force is the result of […]
