JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday [10-9-18] the Justice Department would oppose a proposed consent decree to reform the Chicago police department in response to misconduct allegations after the slaying of a black teenager by a white officer. Sessions said in a statement the Trump administration was concerned the agreement could lead to a spike in crime in the third-largest U.S. city. His statement came a day after President Donald Trump pledged to end a ‘crime spree’ in Chicago and urged the city to loosen restrictions on stop-and-frisk tactics by police..The Trump administration is concerned that the reforms will undercut policing and that an earlier agreement limiting stop-and-frisk tactics had led to a jump in the number of murders. In opposing the police reform plan, Sessions cited a 2015 agreement between Chicago and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that resulted from an ACLU report that cited concerns about police investigatory stops, commonly known as ‘stop-and-frisk.’”
–Reuters Staff, “Trump administration to oppose Chicago police reform plan: Sessions,” Reuters, October 9, 2018 6:27 pm