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An End to Biden Injustice Against the Police

I have directed the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to dismiss two last-minute Biden-administration lawsuits, against the Louisville, Ky., and Minneapolis police departments. The suits sought to subject both cities to sweeping, minutely detailed consent decrees that would inhibit local policing for years, make area residents less safe, and cost local taxpayers millions of dollars. Using the threat of litigation, the Biden Justice Department sought to force many municipalities into such policing consent decrees—federal court-monitored settlements billed as 'achieving reforms.' On our review, it is clear that the previous administration's investigations and findings were based on faulty legal theories, incomplete data and flawed statistical methods.