By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
An agreement was reached Wednesday between federal officials and leaders in Ferguson, Mo., to end unlawful arrests and excessive force.
The New York Times reports that the agreement still must be approved by the City Council after undergoing public scrutiny.
The pact comes in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.
As a result of the consent decree, Ferguson would be spared an expensive, lengthy court battle.
The pact demonstrates the city’s “commitment to refocusing police and municipal court practices on public safety, rather than revenue generation,” Vanita Gupta, the department’s top civil rights prosecutor, said in a letter to Ferguson.
“It was a sweeping report and the settlement, too, is unusual in its breadth,” the New York Times reports. “It demands changes not only to how and when police officers use force, but to the city’s entire criminal justice system.”
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