Input from affected communities is an essential component of the reform process aimed at remedying unconstitutional police practices. Yet, no court has ever granted a community organization’s motion to intervene as a matter of right in police reform, consent decree cases initi-ated by the Department of Justice. Judicial opinions in those cases have truncated the Federal Civil Rule 24 analysis when evaluating the inter-ests of impacted communities. Thus, the most success achieved by a few community organizations has been permissive intervention or amici sta-tus. The models used by the Department of Justice to elicit the community perspective have been frustrating and have failed to incorporate commu-nity voice with equal weight and authority in the process. This Article identifies a uniform standard for courts to utilize in public law cases when community organizations seek intervention and proposes an alter-native approach to the composition and structure of organizations so that the voices and input of those affected by police brutality are included in a meaningful way. The solution proposed by this Article involves applying an adequate representation analysis more suitable for the dynamic relationship between the federal government and marginalized communities. The right to intervene can be attained by those impacted by police violence while alleviating practical and representative concerns articulated by the judiciary in prior reform cases.

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为警改诉讼中的社区代表创造空间

受影响社区的投入是旨在纠正违宪警察做法的改革进程的重要组成部分。然而，从来没有任何法院批准社区组织作为一项权利问题进行干预的动议，即司法部发起的警察改革和同意令案件。在评估受影响社区的利益时，这些案件中的司法意见截断了联邦民事规则 24 的分析。因此，少数社区组织取得的最大成功是宽容的干预或友好状态。司法部用于引出社区观点的模型令人沮丧，并且未能在此过程中以同等的权重和权威纳入社区的声音。当社区组织寻求干预时，本文确定了法院在公法案件中使用的统一标准，并提出了组织组成和结构的替代方法，以便将受警察暴行影响的人的声音和意见纳入有意义的道路。本文提出的解决方案涉及应用更适合联邦政府与边缘化社区之间动态关系的充分代表性分析。受警察暴力影响的人可以获得干预权，同时减轻司法部门在先前改革案例中表达的实际和代表性的担忧。