The previous administration’s Department of Justice and Louisville signed the agreement last month, but it has not yet been approved by a federal judge.

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.

Donald Trump’s Justice Department suspends civil rights lawsuits and police reform consent decrees set up by the Biden administration.

The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday.

Trump “is quickly implementing Project 2025 and is targeting all minorities,” said researcher Allison Chapman.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city will continue with plans to implement police department reforms outlined in a federal consent decree agreement, even after the Trump Administration ordered a freeze on civil rights litigation and a potential review of such agreements.

The Justice Department froze civil-rights litigation to allow the incoming Trump administration to review the agencies priorities, reports said.

Doug Harless was shot to death in his home by London police. Many questions have been raised about what led up to the shooting.

A federal judge expressed skepticism about the Justice Department’s proposed police consent decree with Louisville.

On his second day in office, President Trump's burnished his pro-police bona fides – pardoning two wrongfully convicted D.C. cops and, critically, halting the Biden Justice Department's legal assaults on local police agencies.

Just like he did in 2017, Trump has blocked consent decrees intended to stop police abuses. In Louisville, Black people will be adversely impacted.