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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DOJ Drops Oversight of Minneapolis and Louisville Cops Ahead of Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder
The Justice Department is dismissing police reform and oversight agreements in Minneapolis and Louisville just days ahead of the fifth anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The consent decrees came in response to Floyd’s murder, as well as the Louisville police killing of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020, after federal investigations found patterns of unconstitutional and racist policing practices in bo…
'We’re doing it anyway': Minneapolis bucks Trump DOJ’s directive on police reform
Leaders of the city of Minneapolis say they’re staying the course for police reform despite White House plans to abandon oversight of police violence.MPR Reports Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the reforms will continue regardless of a Department of Justice motion to dismiss department improvements.“We’re doing it anyway,” Frey said. “We will implement every reform outlined in the consent decree — because accountability isn’t optional. Our ind…
No Shock There: Trump Administration To End Police-Accountability Agre
It really doesn’t take long for the Trump administration to demonstrate that it is a white nationalist organization only interested in protecting the civil rights of perpetually aggrieved MAGA Caucasians who don’t need protecting. Source: EMMANUEL DUNAND Just one day after it was announced that the Department of Justice approved a nearly $5 million settlement for the family of Ashli Babbitt—the Jan. 6 Capitol rioter who got herself shot and kill…
"A Slap In The Face": Justice Department Moves To Drop Police Reform Agreements In Cities Where Breonna Taylor And George Floyd Were Killed
By Essence News Editors ·Updated May 22, 2025 The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will move to withdraw from police reform agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis—a decision that has sparked widespread concern and criticism.These reforms, known as consent decrees, were established after the 2020 deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and aimed to address systemic issues within the police departments. Civil rights attorney Ben …
Trump Reverses Biden’s Anti-Police Agenda
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