{"id":2437533,"date":"2025-05-21T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doj-reverses-biden-administrations-handcuffing-of-local-police-departments\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:55:40","slug":"trump-doj-reverses-biden-administrations-handcuffing-of-local-police-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doj-reverses-biden-administrations-handcuffing-of-local-police-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump DOJ Reverses Biden Administration&#8217;s &#8216;Handcuffing&#8217; of Local Police Departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-doj-reverses-biden-administrations-handcuffing-of-local-police-departments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2437533&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelan-authorities-cancel-passports-of-journalists-and-human-rights-activists-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Venezuelan authorities cancel passports of journalists and human rights activists - Washington Examiner\">article discusses recent actions<\/a> taken by the U.S. Department of justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Pam Bondi to reverse policies established by the Biden administration regarding police department oversight. These changes are part of President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign promise to tackle crime and support law enforcement. The DOJ is seeking to dismiss lawsuits against the police departments in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, wich where accused of unconstitutional practices based on findings that the current leadership claims were flawed and unjustified. the department argues that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lawsuits imposed needless federal oversight<\/a> on local police operations, diverting control away from community leaders. Additionally, investigations against several other police departments in cities such as Phoenix, Arizona, and Trenton, New Jersey, are also being closed. The DOJ&#8217;s actions reflect a shift towards unencumbering local law enforcement to effectively manage crime.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s big promises on the campaign trail last November was to crack down on crime.<\/p>\n<p>A frequent complaint heard from constituents and prospective voters was that Democrats were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/soft-crime-blue-state-felon-compassionate-release-going-straight-back-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too soft on crime<\/a> &mdash; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/exclusive-chicago-insider-exposes-dem-police-reform-push-really\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too anti-police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doj-finally-gets-gear-charges-rep-mciver-assault-dem-attacked-ice-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a> seems poised to tackle both of those issues in one fell swoop.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ, led by Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-reveals-truly-horrific-actions-wisconsin-judge-arrested-fbi-not-gonna-believe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, announced Wednesday that it is doing away with a number of restrictive investigations and lawsuits ushered in at the 11th hour by the administration of former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, the Department of Justice&rsquo;s Civil Rights Division is beginning the process of dismissing lawsuits against the Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis, Minnesota police departments,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/us-department-justices-civil-rights-division-dismisses-biden-era-police-investigations-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> began.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These lawsuits, which were filed at the last minute by the Biden administration after President Donald Trump&rsquo;s reelection, accused Louisville and Minneapolis of widespread patterns of unconstitutional policing practices by wrongly equating statistical disparities with intentional discrimination and heavily relying on flawed methodologies and incomplete data,&rdquo; the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>It noted: &ldquo;They also sought to subject the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-scraps-biden-era-police-consent-decree-plans-in-minneapolis-and-louisville-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... scraps Biden-era police consent decree plans in ... and ... - Washington Examiner\">sweeping consent decrees<\/a> that went far beyond the Biden administration&rsquo;s accusations of unconstitutional conduct; the decrees would have governed many aspects of those police departments, including their management, supervision, training, performance evaluations, discipline, staffing, recruitment, and hiring.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In short, these sweeping consent decrees would have imposed years of micromanagement of local police departments by federal courts and expensive independent monitors, and potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of compliance costs, without a legally or factually adequate basis for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/numbers-harmeet-dhillon-absolutely-destroys-ronna-mcdaniel-new-poll-rnc-chairwoman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harmeet K. Dhillon<\/a> stressed that these moves would unshackle law enforcement and allow them to do their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Overbroad police consent decrees divest local control of policing from communities where it belongs, turning that power over to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats, often with an anti-police agenda,&rdquo; Dhillon said.<\/p>\n<p>She noted: &ldquo;Today, we are ending the Biden Civil Rights Division&rsquo;s failed experiment of handcuffing local leaders and police departments with factually unjustified consent decrees.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ&rsquo;s Civil Rights Division is seeking to get lawsuits against Louisville and Minneapolis police dismissed &ldquo;with prejudice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, that division will close investigations and dismiss Biden administration findings of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phoenix, Arizona<\/li>\n<li>Trenton, New Jersey<\/li>\n<li>Memphis, Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Mount Vernon, New York<\/li>\n<li>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana State Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The DOJ has been keeping itself busy as it tries to uphold Trump&rsquo;s campaign promise.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-files-religious-liberty-lawsuit-against-troy-idaho-discriminating-against\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed<\/a> a religious liberty lawsuit on behalf of a small church in Idaho.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-reportedly-shifting-doj-funds-leftists-will-hate-headed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bondi<\/a> has also been busy diverting DOJ funds earmarked for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives toward helping law enforcement, further highlighting the department&rsquo;s newfound commitment to battling crime and empowering police.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Many constituents and potential voters expressed concerns that Democrats were too lenient on crime and overly critical of police. The Trump administration&#8217;s Department of Justice appears ready to confront these issues directly. Led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ announced on Wednesday its intention to dismiss several restrictive investigations and lawsuits initiated by former President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration just before he left office. The statement indicated that the Civil Rights Division is starting the process of dropping lawsuits against police departments in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2437534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DOJ-logo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32502,7076,35098,3634],"class_list":["post-2437533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-administration","tag-doj","tag-local-police","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DOJ-logo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437533"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437537,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437533\/revisions\/2437537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}