Page 27 - Consent Decrees News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

And then there's all kinds of other side important issues that are happening. for example, the overview, the oversight of police departments around the country that was happening with consent decrees in the obama administration, sessions has blocked all that and cut it all off. he did that right before he left. we need to go back to that. excuse me. there are a lot of important legal issues that we can talk to him about, too, but the most important thing is the sanctity and the purity and the independence of bob mueller. and all we can do is hope that happens. now, also know, bob mueller was t...

Other side important issues that are happening. for example, the overview, the oversight of police departments around the country that was happening with consent decrees in the obama administration, sessions has blocked all that and cut it all off. he did that right before he left. we need to go back to that. excuse me. there are a lot of important legal issues that we can talk to him about, too, but the most important thing is the sanctity and the purity and the independence of bob mueller. and all we can quo do is hope that happens. now, also know, bob mueller was the head of the criminal di...

For this job by writing certain things about the mueller investigation and that the president cannot be accused of obstruction of justice, of course, he's going to come and testify that he will not do anything to -- to stymie the investigation, but i would also like to ask him when the report comes out if the report is made public and not given to members of congress, i have a series of questions as to how he will perform or how his approach is as far as the independence of the justice department. there are consent decrees that sessions have brought into question. they are consent decrees that...

Including former attorney general jeff sessions who say that the consent decrees are unnecessary. what do you say to that? >> i would question the credibility of the former attorney general with respect to this particular issue. >> reporter: wesley bell is the newly elected prosecutor of st. louis county. he will be the first african-american to hold that office. he unseated bob mccullough, the 27-year incumbent who refused to indict the officer who killed michael brown. >> we wanted to implement some of the most broad reforms in the country and i would rather the former attorney general just ...

Sessions, on his final days of attorney general jeff sessions signed a last minute order limiting the use of a tool for criminal jus test reform called consent decrees. more than a dozen cities have it to improve police departments. the order from sessions prevents more decrees, it sends a signal the doj is not a partner for reform. ferguson, missouri is one of the places under a consent decree. trymaine lee went there to find out what's at stake for its red dents right now. >> this is the spot right here? >> yes, where my son lay for four and a half hours, took his last steps and his last bre...