Law's Ayesha Bell Hardaway weighs in on Cleveland’s push to end its consent decree

Independent Monitor files 18th Semiannual Report detailing CPD consent decree progress

WEWS: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, professor and director of the Social Justice Institute, said Cleveland’s push to end its consent decree creates “strange bedfellows” with the Trump DOJ and omits key unfinished reforms. While police have made progress, major gaps remain in oversight, accountability and community trust, raising concerns about ending federal supervision too soon.