The Justice Department moved Wednesday to drop police-accountability agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville, abandoning the Biden administration’s attempt to reshape law enforcement in cities where high-profile killings by officers ignited widespread outrage.

The U.S. Department of Justice is closing its investigation into the Memphis Police Department, a May 21 press release from the DOJ said.

The Biden administration found agencies in both cities engaged in patterns of discrimination and excessive force against Black people and other minorities and sued the cities in an effort to force cha...