Comments on: Baltimore police consent decree, cont’d https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/04/baltimore-police-consent-decree-contd/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hans https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/04/baltimore-police-consent-decree-contd/comment-page-1/#comment-344959 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:17:43 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=63938#comment-344959 The Baltimore consent decree seems to contain murky, race-conscious sounding provisions that make no sense at all.

A lot of consent decrees appear collusive, in the sense of enriching the very police departments whose wrongdoing triggered federal scrutiny.

The attorney general is probably right to roll back consent decrees.

A lot of consent decrees seem to make police departments even worse and more violent.

]]> By: Hans https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/04/baltimore-police-consent-decree-contd/comment-page-1/#comment-344958 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:25:48 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=63938#comment-344958 The Baltimore consent decree also seems to contain murky, race-conscious sounding provisions:

http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/04/04/end-obamas-war-police-sessions-memo/

A lot of consent decrees appear collusive:

http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/09/the-justice-dept-wants-to-punish-abusive

The attorney general is probably right to roll back consent decrees:

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/crime/327457-jeff-sessions-is-right-to-roll-back-justice-department-consent

A lot of consent decrees make police departments even worse:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/11/13/forced-reforms-mixed-results/

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