Police reform advocates pledged to intensify their efforts at the local level after the U.S. Justice Department said it would withdraw lawsuits against police departments where officers have killed unarmed Black people.

The Trump administration is shutting down investigations into the practices of several local departments and whether they were violating civil rights.

Trump's Justice Department said it would abandon consent decree negotiations despite the benefits some say result from their implementation.

The U.S. Justice Department dropped a three-year civil rights investigation of Louisiana State Police on Wednesday.

The Justice Department has changed the guidance for a popular local police grant program, prioritizing border security and cutting language about "underserved populations," according to public documents reviewed by CBS News.