The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul of policing following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

The consent decrees had been in place since the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville.

Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

The Justice Department is shaking up the priorities for a popular grant program that provides millions of dollars in aid to budget-strapped local police departments across America, according to public documents reviewed by CBS News.

Arizona GOP Congressman Abe Hamadeh took a victory lap as the Trump Justice Department announced it what called politically motivated and weaponized investigations into police departments.

The Minneapolis mayor blasted the administration for the timing of the announcement: “All Donald Trump really cares about is political theater.”

The Oklahoma City Police Department is no longer under the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice. The government agency announced the repeal of a Biden-era investigation on Wednesday, dismissing the DOJ's misconduct lawsuit against the city.