The city council in Ferguson, Missouri said on Monday it may reconsider accepting an agreement with the Justice Department to overhaul its local justice system that it had previously sought to change, after the city faced legal action.
Citing cost concerns, the council voted on Feb. 10 to amend the agreement it had reached with the Justice Department to reform the city police department and municipal courts to address racial divisions.
The accord followed protests, sometimes violent, after the August 2014 killing of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer.
The Justice Department announced one day after the city council’s vote that it would sue Ferguson to enforce the agreement without revisions.
Source: Ferguson officials may ‘reconsider’ taking Justice Dept. agreement after lawsuit threat