The Trump administration announced the withdrawal of the plan just days before the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s killing.

Minneapolis officials say the city will adhere to a consent decree ordering expansive reforms to its police force despite the federal government's plan to end its investigation into the department."Here is the bottom line: We're doing it anyway,

Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to get President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, as his administration moves to end federal policing oversight.

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

Top cop Brian O'Hara said in an interview with The New York Post that "bourgeois liberal mentality" prevents facts from breaking through in city's approach to policing.

Ayodele Famodu will serve as the chief of the Internal Affairs Bureau and Ganesha Martin as the chief of the Constitutional Policing Bureau.

Minneapolis police made significant progress toward implementing reforms as required by a state-ordered settlement agreement, though the department did not meet all the goals laid out for year one of the process,