But Gore said the Trump Justice Department wanted more time to see if there “may be better ways” to bring about reform. But, he added, policing was “really the job of local officials” and “reasonable minds may differ” on whether the Baltimore agreement was the best way forward. He called the proposed consent decree a “heavily negotiated document” that took all concerns into account. Prior, the DOJ spokesman, declined to comment on whether Sessions had read the Justice Department’s investigation into the Baltimore Police Department, which was released in August 2016. The proposed consent decree between Baltimore and the federal government was reached in the final days of the Obama administration in early January.

Source: Huffington Post April 06, 2017 16:18 UTC