May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice is working toward dropping reform agreements with police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in those cities drew national attention.
The mayors of both cities as well as the NAACP blasted the decision not to pursue police reforms.
In court filings Wednesday morning, federal prosecutors asked judges in Minnesota and Kentucky to dismiss the consent decrees reached with the police departments.
"After an extensive review by current Department of Justice and Civil Rights Division leadership, the United States no longer believes that the proposed consent decree would be in the public interest," the DOJ said of the Minneapolis agreement.
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