Advocates are keeping the pressure on Albuquerque police to quickly adopt reforms amid a pending U.S. Justice Department agreement.
Activists from a number of New Mexico organizations are scheduled Monday to launch a new campaign aimed at advocating for Albuquerque Police Department reforms. Meanwhile, demonstrators arrested for staging a sit-in at the Albuquerque mayor's office are planning to picket outside of a scheduled city council meeting.
Last week, 13 demonstrators were arrested for their role in holding a sit-in inside Mayor Richard Berry's office.
The sit-in forced city officials to reschedule a city council meeting. Officials said that rescheduling stalled important business.
The city is negotiating with the Justice Department over police reforms after the federal agency issued a report criticizing the police department's use of force.
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