DOJ Under Trump Shuts Down Police Reform Cases Sparked by Floyd, Taylor Deaths

Ben Crump Rip's Trump Administrations Decision To End Police Reform Agreement Reached In Wake Of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor

Source: Anadolu / Getty Famed civil attorney Ben Crump has weighed in on the MAGA-fied U.S. Department of Justice’s recent decision to end Biden-era police-accountability agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville that came as a result of extensive investigations following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. It’s the latest decision made by the DOJ’s civil rights division that indicates the Trump administration‘s intent to ha…

Trump DOJ dismisses Biden-era lawsuits against Minneapolis, Louisville police departments

Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dillon said that the lawsuits were overly broad and did not address the issues the suits claimed to solve.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of police violence lawsuits filed after assassinations of Black people in 2020 that had a wide impact. The investigations, initiated by the government of former President Joe Biden (2021-2025), were initiated following the cases of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Breonnes Taylor, in Louisville, Kenya, both African Americans whose deaths at the hands of the police p…

DOJ Under Trump Shuts Down Police Reform Cases Sparked by Floyd, Taylor Deaths

Just days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, the Justice Department said they will dismiss police investigations launched during former President Joe Biden’s administration.  Harmeet Dhillon, the leader of the department’s Civil Rights Division, announced Wednesday plans to withdraw pending federal lawsuits against police departments in Louisville, Kentucky, following the death of Breonna Taylor, and in Minneapolis, where all…

DOJ Right to Dismiss Lawsuits Against Police Departments

The move reflects the Trump administration’s rejection of the “disparate impact” theory of liability.

The U.S. Department of Justice To Cancel Police Reform

The Department of Justice have announced that they will move to cancel the police reform agreements in Minneapolis and Louisville.  These reforms were put in place after the 2020 deaths of George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor and were geared to address the systemic issues within police departments. Ben Crump, a Civil Rights attorney, who represented the families of both Taylor and Floyd, said that the decision is a “slap in the face.”  Crump said, “…