( August 18, 2025, 8:43 AM EDT) -- NORFOLK, Va. — A consent decree lodged in 1978 to resolve a civil rights lawsuit alleging discrimination against the recruitment and hiring of Black people and women in the city of Norfolk, Va.’s police and fire departments through implementation of a series of quotas was terminated by a Virginia federal judge in granting an unopposed motion filed by the United States contending that the city has complied with the order and met the employment goals....