New Orleans moves to end federal oversight of police

Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Police Chief Shaun Ferguson publicly called for termination of the pact, describing it as an unnecessary bureaucratic burden on a department that is short on manpower.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials asked a federal judge Tuesday to end court-supervised oversight of its police department under a pact negotiated with the U.S. Justice Department a decade ago, after deadly  today! 

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