A new assessment from the federal monitor overseeing Cleveland’s implementation of the consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice found that police stop Black drivers disproportionately more than drivers of other races.
The city has been under the federally mandated consent decree for a decade after being found to engage in a pattern and practice of unconstitutional policing. The goal is to improve operations and restore community trust.
The story begins our discussion of the week’s news on the “Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable.”…