JUSTICE REPORT ON CHICAGO COPS TO FIND VIOLATIONS, OFFICIAL SAYSThe Justice Dept. Eleven consent decrees or settlements were reached with police during the George W. Bush administration, and three during the Clinton administration. The consent decree is meant as a remedy for some of those same problems. At his confirmation hearing this week, Sessions expressed ambivalence about the enforcement of consent decrees. "So they often feel forced to agree to a consent decree just to remove that stigma," he added.

Source: Fox News January 12, 2017 17:35 UTC