US EditionUS abandons police reform accords sought over deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
- The U.S. Justice Department abandoned efforts on May 21, 2025, to secure police reform settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville related to George Floyd and Breonna Taylor's deaths.
- The decision followed a review by current leadership, reversing prior findings of systemic racial rights violations despite protests and court-approved consent decrees.
- Minneapolis continues to operate under a state consent decree stemming from a 2023 settlement mandating court-supervised reforms to address racial discrimination in policing.
- Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon stated that over 100 attorneys demoted or resigned rather than pursue consent decrees, claiming such decrees remove local control and have anti-police bias.
- The Justice Department's withdrawal raises legal experts' concerns that police accountability efforts since George Floyd's 2020 murder could be severely undermined nationwide.
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Administration works to cancel police reform
MINNEAPOLIS — The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville that called for an overhaul of their police departments after officers killed George Floyd and Breonna Taylor — the catalysts for nationwide racial injustice protests in…
Trump administration drops police oversight spurred by Floyd, Taylor killings - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is ending efforts to secure agreements for federal oversight of police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, despite a prior government finding they routinely violated the civil rights of Black people.
Justice Dept. ending oversight of law enforcement accused of abuses
The Trump administration moved Wednesday to scrap proposed agreements for federal oversight of police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky.. The action was part of a broader abandonment of efforts to overhaul local law enforcement agencies accused of civil rights…
A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police stops across the United States
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