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.

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.

Activists say they are not surprised the Trump administration pulled out of a consent decree covering Minneapolis police, but are frustrated the city didn't finalize it sooner.

The department is abandoning consent decrees and retracting findings of systemic abuse in cities once at the center of police reform efforts. The Justice Department announced plans Wednesday to abandon lawsuits against police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville,