Summary: <p>Senior reporting fellow at <em>ProPublica</em> Ian MacDougall discusses his recent piece “<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ville-platte-louisiana-police-consent-decree-trump-justice-department" target="_blank">How the Trump Administration Went Easy on Small-Town Police Abuses</a>.” He looks into policing abuses that have plagued small towns across the country and how the Trump administration has stood in the way of meaningful reform. Specifically, Ian shines a light on Ville Platte, Louisiana, where for decades the city police department maintained an unwritten policy of jailing people without probable cause – for days or even weeks at a time – to pressure them to cooperate with law enforcement.</p> <p><em>This segment is guest hosted by Nancy Giles.</em></p>
