Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 21/05/2025 | 00:00:00
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On Wednesday, the United States Department of Justice announced it would cancel two proposed settlements that would have seen cities agree to federal oversight of their police departments. In addition, the Justice Department said it would withdraw reports on six other local police departments which found patterns of discrimination and excessive violence. The Trump administration framed the announcement as part of its efforts to transfer greater responsibility towards individual cities and states — and away from the federal government. Floyd’s murder took place in Minneapolis and Taylor’s in Louisville. He warned that the Trump administration’s move sent a signal to police departments that they were “above scrutiny”. The year of Floyd's murder was marked by a number of other high-profile deaths. Justice Department found patterns of discriminatory policing under Biden. Other police departments scrutinised during this period included Phoenix, Arizona, Memphis, Tennessee, Trenton, New Jersey, Mount Vernon, New York, and the Louisiana State Police. Dhillon positioned the retractions of those findings as a policy pivot. In Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey doubles down, saying he could keep pushing forward with the police reform plan his city had agreed to. “We will comply with every sentence of every paragraph of the 169-page consent decree that we signed this year,” Frey said.
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