Civil rights advocates condemn the Justice Department’s decision to exit police reform agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis, warning it could stall accountability and deepen public mistrust.

Trump's Justice Department said it would abandon consent decree negotiations despite the benefits some say result from their implementation.

Minneapolis shows significant police reform progress in ELEFA's report, marking advances in policy development and handling past misconduct.

In the final weeks of the Biden administration, the Justice Department filed lawsuits accusing Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, of unconstitutional policing and reached consent decree agreements – which have not been approved by a judge – outlining policy, resource and training requirements that would guide reform efforts.

Police reform advocates pledged to intensify their efforts at the local level after the U.S. Justice Department said it would withdraw lawsuits against police departments where officers have killed unarmed Black people.

As the Trump administration's Department of Justice now seeks to drop the consent decree made between former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Gardner's department and the Minneapolis police in the murder's aftermath,

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.

The DOJ made the announcement Wednesday, and Phoenix PD was among six departments included in the list of investigations that will be ended. ABC15 reported last month that the DOJ froze all police reform actions across the country under President Trump's administration,