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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Sessions’ Last Act Deals Blow to Police Reform

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Just as he was getting kicked out the door, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions wanted to do one last thing: strongly limit the strength and use of consent decrees moving forward. It’s a move that deals a significant blow to the Department of Justice’s ability to reign in police abuse across the country. Today on the show: what is a consent decree? And what happens in one small town in Louisiana when Jeff Sessions takes office and decides to turn a blind eye to its abuses? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On his way out the door is Attorney General.

0:32.6

It turns out Jeff Sessions had a surprise.

0:35.4

He left behind this memo, and it's going to change the way the Department of Justice does

0:39.6

business.

0:40.6

But before I explain this memo, before I explain why it's so important, I need to give you

0:45.9

a little history.

0:46.9

We're going to go back to 1991, early March, Los Angeles.

0:51.2

Now the story that might never have surfaced if someone hadn't picked up his home video

0:54.6

camera.

0:55.6

We've seen the pictures of Los Angeles police officers beating a man they had just pulled

0:59.7

over.

1:00.7

The city's police chief said today he will support criminal charges against some of the

1:03.9

men.

1:04.9

Here's ABC's Gary Shepherd.

1:06.5

Before cell phone cameras and Facebook live, there was this shaky home video of Rodney

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