Civil rights advocates condemn the Justice Department’s decision to exit police reform agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis, warning it could stall accountability and deepen public mistrust.

Mayor Craig Greenberg said Wednesday the city will move forward with its own consent decree and hire an independent monitor to act as public watchdog

The new Department of Justice is rolling back a police reform agreement with Louisville that came about after the death of Breonna Taylor — with the Trump administration arguing such efforts hinder the work of local police departments.

Mayor Craig Greenberg unveiled a plan titled "Louisville's consent decree," which will guide police reforms in the absence of a federal agreement.

On April 28, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to review all consent decrees and consider rescinding them. Within days, six DOJ attorneys withdrew from Louisville’s federal case pushing for the consent decree’s enforcement.

The Department of Justice said Wednesday it would be dropping police reform agreements reached with the Minneapolis and Louisville police in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna

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

The DOJ says the lawsuits sought to subject the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments to sweeping consent decrees that went far beyond the Biden administration’s accusations of unconstitutional conduct.