Overview

• The DOJ announced plans to dismiss consent decrees with Minneapolis and Louisville police departments, halting Biden-era federal oversight initiatives.
• Investigations into police departments in six other cities, including Phoenix and Memphis, will also be closed, and prior findings of constitutional violations retracted.
• Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon criticized the agreements as overreaching, claiming they undermined local control of policing and were based on flawed legal theories.
• Minneapolis and Louisville officials pledged to implement reforms independently, with Minneapolis bound by a state-level consent decree.
• The decision comes days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death, which had sparked global protests and demands for systemic police reform.