In cities where there has been debate over high-profile police violence and killings, the Trump administration announced that it will reverse police reform initiatives from the Biden administration.
The monitoring arrangements made with the police departments in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Louisville, Kentucky, will be terminated, the US Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
Additionally, it will no longer be looking into police constitutional infractions in Phoenix, Memphis, and six other cities.
Days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in 2020—a black man who died after being arrested in Minneapolis and igniting demonstrations and a national reflection on racial inequality—the announcement was made.
