NOPD requests to go into sustainment period in Federal Consent Decree; opposers gather [Video]

On Tuesday, community members gathered to discuss public safety and the New Orleans Police Department’s consent decree. Many are in total opposition to a potential end to the federal consent decree. The department has been under federal monitoring for over a decade.A crowd of members with New Orleans for Community Oversight of Police chanted while outlining their concerns, “Keep the consent decree. Full compliance by NOPD. No justice. No peace. No racist police.”Last week, members of the city and the Department of Justice requested NOPD to enter into a two-year sustainment period.Toni Jones, with New Orleans for Community Oversight of Police, said, “If this motion was accepted. That would mark the beginning of the end. Of federal oversight of the NOPD.”Leaders with the city maintain that since the consent decree began, reforms have been implemented around the board. From internal affairs to use of force.In a recent social media post, …