The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul of policing following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

The Trump administration is dismissing investigations into several major US police departments, as well as consent decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd.

Minneapolis officials say the city will adhere to a consent decree ordering expansive reforms to its police force despite the federal government's plan to end its investigation into the department."Here is the bottom line: We're doing it anyway,

The consent decree stipulated a series of reforms to Minneapolis Police Department following George Floyd's murder.

The Justice Department is working toward dropping reform agreements with police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., after killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in those cities drew national attention.

Five years after George Floyd's murder the Minneapolis Police Department is getting a mixed review on reform. In Talking Points -- Esme Murphy spoke with Michael Harrison, the lead investigator for Effective Law Enforcement for All,

Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis persists in police reforms despite DOJ case dismissal, with strides in training, reduced complaints, and a drop in crime.

In response to rumors originating on the far right that President Donald Trump might pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin after he was convicted of murdering George Floyd, the city’s police chief says he and state officials are putting a plan in place to handle any civil unrest should a pardon come down from the White House.