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Criminal

Jun. 9, 2020

18 state attorneys general seek authority to independently probe police misconduct accusations

The letter claims the Department of Justice hasn’t initiated any pattern-or-practice investigations into police misconduct and has not entered any consent decrees since January 2017.

18 state attorneys general seek authority to independently probe police misconduct accusations
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined 17 other state attorneys general asking Congress to expand a federal law to give states the authority to conduct independent investigations of police misconduct. (New York Times News Service)

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has joined a coalition of 18 state attorneys general asking Congress to expand a federal law to give states the authority to conduct independent investigations of police misconduct accusations.

Their request comes in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose Memorial Day death has sparked global protests against excessive use of force by law enfor...

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