Cleveland Reaches Settlement With Justice Department Over Police Conduct

MITCH SMITH and MATT APUZZO, New York Times
Mon, 05/25/2015 - 12:08pm

Federal authorities had cited a pattern of unconstitutional policing and excessive use of force in a report on the Cleveland Division of Police.

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