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The spirit of the movement has endured, but the broader zeal for reforms has been tempered by a shifting political climate on public safety.
The Justice Department said Wednesday it is moving to drop police reform agreements reached with the cities of Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis.
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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.
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.
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When Brian O’Hara arrived in Minneapolis as the new chief of police in 2022, he found a department that was "decimated" amid backlash after the killing of George Floyd.
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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.
Religious services, concerts, vigils and protests around the nation are set to mark Sunday’s fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, even as police reform and civil rights activists face what they see as a backlash from President Donald Trump's administration.
DOJ seeks to dismiss a consent decree with Minneapolis Police Department, as the city marks five years since George Floyd's death.
Driving the news: The DOJ said Wednesday it will begin the process of dismissing lawsuits against the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments. The DOJ also said it is dropping a years-long civil rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department and rescinding its findings of numerous constitutional violations.
A smaller, $600,000 county effort would expand an existing program in the suburbs, the committee was told. St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry said Wednesday that he was not familiar with the Roots Wellness Center and had not weighed in on any initiatives involving the center.