The US Department of Justice said on Wednesday that it is moving to the dropping of police reform agreements, known as the approval ceremonies, that the Biden Covenant had arrived with the cities of Luisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis. The executable agreements were born from the court from the investigations that were launched after the killing of the 2020 police by Burina Taylor and George Floyd.
Agreements were kept with Minneapolis and Luisville, who were aiming to address allegations of unconstitutional police and civil violations, both in the Federal Court and faced many delay, as the Ministry of Justice requested many extensions to raise the documents requested by federal judges in each case.
In the midst of the delays, the police chief of Minnabolis Brian, Ohara, told ABC News in an interview with him in February that although the Trump administration can interfere in this process, as agreements were already submitted in the Federal Court, whether it was ultimately not reaching the White House, but “in the end of the Federal judge.”
In February, officials at Minneapolis and Louisville told February that cities are still committed to the reforms described in the agreements and are planning to implement changes with or without the Trump administration’s support.
Each of them is an accreditation of a road map to reform the police to correct the civil rights violations revealed by the Ministry of Justice, and if a federal judge approved, the court will appoint an independent monitoring to supervise the implementation of the reforms and procedures described in the agreement.
Kevin Trader, a spokesman for the mayor of Luisville Craig Greenberg, told February that the city and the police are committed to the agreed reforms in the approval decree, “regardless of what is happening in the Federal Court.”
“The government of Louisville and LMPD will advance and honor our commitment to significant improvements and reforms,” Terrier said.
The Maynabolis mayor Jacob Fry told February that the city “has not heard directly” from the Trump administration regarding the approval decree, but the city plans to move forward with the terms of the agreement “with or without support from the White House.
“It is unfortunate that the Trump administration may not be interested in cooperating with us to improve the police and support our society, but we do not make mistakes: we have tools, determination, and supporting the community to fulfill our promise to the people of Minyabolis. Our work will not be stopped.”
Louisville Metro Police car, April 10, 2023.
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After the new announcement by the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday, ABC News contacted officials in Minneapolis and Louisville for the additional comment.
The Civil Rights Department of the Ministry of Justice also plans to close its investigations into the police stations in Phoenix; Trenton, New Jersey; Memphis, Tennessee; Vernon Mountain, New York; Oklahoma City and Louisiana State Police, according to the announcement.
In addition, the ministry said that it will “retreat” that was issued during the Biden administration against the departments that it is claimed to have participated in a widespread miscalculation against citizens.
“The approval of the police abroad to cancel local control of the police from the societies to which they belong, and that power is transformed into unleashed and unable to bureaucrats, and they often have an anti -police agenda,” the assistant prosecutor Harit Delon said in a statement announcing the moves. “Today, we end Biden’s failed civil rights experience of incurring local leaders and police departments with unjustified approval decrees in reality.”
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