Under President Trump, the Department of Justice has all but abandoned broad investigations into unconstitutional policing practices, a half-dozen former DOJ lawyers who worked on similar cases tell CNN.
During the Obama administration, high-profile police shootings of black men like Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Laquan McDonald in Chicago helped spark sweeping federal investigations and reforms of biased policing practices.
Now, a trio of wrenching deaths has again refocused the nation's attention on the racial prejudices ingrained in the country's justice system.
Bottoms: 'Extremely concerned' about coronavirus at protests 05:10So far, the department has weighed in on cases filed by local churches against Greenville, Mississippi, and the Democratic governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam. Federal lawyers also filed a brief Friday supporting seven Michigan businesses suing that state's Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, over her order, although they didn't specifically cite the same statute.
Booker calls for national police misconduct registry 03:25The Virginia case is still being litigated, although a federal judge denied the church's request for a temporary restraining order. The Mississippi lawsuit led the city to change its policy and allow drive-in services as long as churchgoers kept their windows rolled up.
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