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DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they had violated Black people's civil rights.
The Justice Department said it will bring an end to investigations launched during the Biden administration after the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville.
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.
Arizona GOP Congressman Abe Hamadeh took a victory lap as the Trump Justice Department announced it what called politically motivated and weaponized investigations into police departments.
The Justice Department has changed the guidance for a popular local police grant program, prioritizing border security and cutting language about "underserved populations," according to public documents reviewed by CBS News.
After the DOJ retracted findings that Memphis police violated civil rights, Mayor Paul Young said the approach to reform is unchanged.