The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division said it will take “all necessary steps” to dismiss the consent decrees and lawsuits against the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments.

“After an extensive review by current Department of Justice and Civil Rights Division leadership, the United States no longer believes that the proposed consent decree would be in the public ...

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.