The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul of policing following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

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.

The Justice Department said Wednesday it is moving to drop police reform agreements reached with the cities of Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis.

Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

The dropping of the cases takes place near the anniversary of George Floyd's death. Trump's DOJ also plans to close investigations into a number of police departments around the country.

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,

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.

Activists and community leaders in Minneapolis are holding a Day of Remembrance Friday, marking five years since George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer.