Justice Department to end oversight of local police accused of abuses

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : After nearly two years of negotiations, the Justice Department and the city submitted a court agreement in January calling for federal oversight of the Police Department's efforts to address the issues.
42% : Police departments in Baltimore; Cleveland; Newark, N.J.; and Ferguson, Mo., are among those that remain under some form of federal oversight following Justice Department investigations into civil rights abuses.

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