Ben Crump Rip’s Trump Administrations Decision To End Police Reform Agreement Reached In Wake Of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor

Famed civil attorney Ben Crump has weighed in on the MAGA-fied U.S. Department of Justice’s recent decision to end Biden-era police-accountability agreements with Minneapolis and Louisville that came as a result of extensive investigations following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. It’s the latest decision made by the DOJ’s civil rights division that indicates the Trump administration‘s intent to halt any and all civil rights progress aimed at correcting systemic racism, except, of course, for the fictional systemic racism against white Americans (and, apparently, white Afrikaners in South Africa).

First, here’s Crump’s full statement:

“Just days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder — a moment that galvanized a global movement for justice — the U.S. Department of Justice has chosen to turn its back on the very communities it pledged to protect. By walking away from consent decrees in Minneapolis and Louisville, and closing its investigation into the Memphis Police Department while retracting findings of serious constitutional violations, the DOJ is not just rolling back reform, it is attempting to erase truth and contradicting the very principles for which justice stands. 

“This decision is a slap in the face to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tyre Nichols, and to every community that has endured the trauma of police violence and the false promises of accountability. These consent decrees and investigations were not symbolic gestures, they were lifelines for communities crying out for change, rooted in years of organizing, suffering, and advocacy.

“These moves will only deepen the divide between law enforcement and the people they are sworn to protect and serve. Trust is built with transparency and accountability, not with denial and retreat.

“But let me be clear: We will not give up. This movement will not be swayed or deterred by fickle politics. It is anchored in the irrefutable truth that Black lives matter, and that justice should not depend on who is in power.

“We will continue to fight for the reforms we know are necessary. For federal oversight that holds police departments accountable. For an end to the brutalization of our communities. For a future where justice is not an exception, but the rule.”

Mind you, the announcement of the DOJ decision also came just one day after it was announced that the very same DOJ approved a nearly $5 million settlement for the family of Ashli Babbitt—the Jan. 6 Capitol rioter who got herself shot and killed by a Capitol police officer, Lt. Michael Byrd, while climbing over a barricade inside the Capitol building that rioters were warned not to breach. It’s almost as if this administration isn’t even bothering to hide its not-so-subtle intention to make white supremacy great again.

It’s worth noting that, according to The Washington Post, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded to the DOJ’s announcement that it will rescind the police reform agreement by declaring that his city will still follow through with it. Leaders in Louisville reportedly said the same.

“We will comply with every sentence of every paragraph of the 169-page consent decree that we signed this year,” Frey said during a recent news briefing.

Of course, it’s also worth mentioning that the DOJ said it also plans to close investigations into local police departments in Phoenix, Memphis, Oklahoma City and other cities that were launched under President Joe Biden. 

In short: if you want any semblance of police reform, you pretty much have to be a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter. 

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