The consent decree agreement in Louisville will not be finalized, federal officials said. It was pending in front of a federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term.

Louisville officials made the deal in December, during the Biden administration. It followed a scathing investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department, which alleged a pattern or practice of discriminatory policing and other issues. The investigation came after the police killing of Breonna Taylor in 2020, which sparked mass protests in the city and around the world.

“Overbroad police consent decrees divest local control of policing from communities where it belongs, turning that power over to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats, often with an anti-police agenda,” Assistant Attorney G

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