DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they had violated Black people's civil rights.

Conservative media outlets are rewriting the story; some of their claims are false or lacking context. A new narrative is taking root in the story of George Floyd and the former police officer convicted of murdering him.

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops even when they have violated the Constitution.

The Trump administration is ending efforts to secure agreements for federal oversight of police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, despite a prior government finding they routinely violated the civil rights of Black people.

The Justice Department is working toward dropping reform agreements with police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., after killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in those cities drew national attention.

Days before the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, the Trump administration said that it would abandon efforts to reduce police violence there and in several other cities.

This weekend marks five years since George Floyd ’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, a moment captured on video that sparked international protests calling for an end to systemic racism and a national conversation on how law enforcement interacts with Black and brown communities.

Five years after the corner where George Floyd was killed became the epicenter of a national protest movement, the future of the site is unsettled.