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

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.

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 Department of Justice ending consent decrees in Minneapolis and Louisville is an awful decision that will make American policing worse. ... Astoundingly, Harmeet Dhillon, ...

— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) December 10, 2024 “I would not be here today without my amazing mother and brother’s support, and my beloved father Tejpal and husband Sarv, who did not live ...

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 ...

Harmeet Dhillon's brief tenure at the Civil Rights Division has already made clear what cases are no longer worth the Justice Department's time. April 17, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT.

US President Donald Trump's nominee for assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, speaks during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in ...

Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican Party official and lawyer who’s worked for former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, filing a series of lawsuits during the COVID-19 pandemic against ...

Harmeet Dhillon’s father Dr Tejpal S Dhillon was an orthopaedic surgeon who moved countries for his career as a professional. The Dhillon family first moved to England and then to the US in 1971.