Sweeping DOJ action dismisses lawsuits against Louisville and Minneapolis police departments, questioning the effectiveness of consent decrees and their financial burden.

WASHINGTON—One night in April, Harmeet Dhillon was making spiced Indian tea she said she needed to power through her 12-hour days running the Justice Department’s civil-rights division. “Continuity ...

Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department ... anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the hands of officers in Minneapolis in 2020, which helped set off worldwide racial justice ...

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 ...