Garland’s announcement comes as the Biden administration is seeking ways to speed up and expand efforts to reform policing. The Justice Department has launched sweeping federal investigations into police departments in Minneapolis, Louisville and Phoenix, but those probes require extensive resources and take up to 18 months to complete.
Police reform experts said the collaborative reform program could help local police improve their relationship with the community, while avoiding the legally onerous and costly court-approved consent decrees that have punctuated federal intervention in other jurisdictions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/17/doj-police-reform-collaboration/
Over the past few years—even decades—the Justice Department has tried to implement police reforms in cities from Miami to Los Angeles. Under the tenure of Attorney General Eric Holder, the DOJ charged more than 400 law enforcement officials and corrections officers for violating constitutional rights.
While these are important steps, a new investigation from The Marshall Project finds that many of these reforms don't have a lasting effect. In some cases, very few changes are made.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcast...artment-often-fails-reform-police-departments
Move weed off schedule 1 to whatever alcohol is. Pardon those non violent offenders of weed crimes. Stroke of a pen as far as I know and we don't have to go fishing on how Biden's reforming the police. Cancel all private prison contracts (as Obama already was), meaningful bail reform. Meaningful civil forfeiture reform. Meaningful qualified immunity reform. Hell, shit's not hard to fake that at least you're trying.
