City questions monitor’s fairness in APD reform case

-VIDEO- The city of Albuquerque is questioning whether the independent monitor overseeing police reform is fair, saying in a court motion that one of his staffers said the monitor has an “ax to grind” and that the monitor himself told police command staff in a recording that they were going to be “collateral damage.” Albuquerque police are in the midst of a years-long reform effort that was the result of a 2014 Department of Justice investigation that found Albuquerque police had a pattern of excessive force. Ginger was hired as the independent monitor who reviews the department’s performance and reports to U.S. District Judge Robert Brack, who is presiding over the process.