TSR STAFF: Lawrencia G! lawrencia.cg ___________________________________ The Department of Justice announced Wednesday it is ending agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville, which were put in place to address unconstitutional policing practices following nationwide protests over the 2020 deaths of #GeorgeFloyd and #BreonnaTaylor.
___________________________________ Under President Biden, a 2023 Justice Department report revealed a pattern of excessive force and discrimination against Black residents by the Minneapolis Police Department. This led to a consent decree requiring the city to reform its police training and policies. Louisville entered into a similar agreement after an investigation into its police practices following Taylor’s death. ___________________________________ Now, the Trump administration is rescinding those agreements, dismissing findings of constitutional violations—such as excessive force and discrimination against Black residents and people with behavioral he...