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.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is reacting to the Trump administration's latest moves that impact police reform efforts. This comes five years after George Floyd's death following an encounter with Minneapolis police officers.

As the Trump administration's Department of Justice now seeks to drop the consent decree made between former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Gardner's department and the Minneapolis police in the murder's aftermath,

DOJ seeks to dismiss a consent decree with Minneapolis Police Department, as the city marks five years since George Floyd's death.

The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of Mr. Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020.

Police reform advocates pledged to intensify their efforts at the local level after the U.S. Justice Department said it would withdraw lawsuits against police departments where officers have killed unarmed Black people.