Religious services, concerts, vigils and protests around the nation are set to mark Sunday’s fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, even as police reform and civil rights activists face what they see as a backlash from President Donald Trump's administration.

The Trump administration is dismissing investigations into several major US police departments, as well as consent decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd.

The Justice Department said Wednesday it is moving to drop police reform agreements reached with the cities of Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis.

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 consent decrees had been in place since the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville.

A draft report cites concerns about the Police Bureau's early warning system and urges better tracking of officer de-escalation efforts.

Clergy, community leaders and a large group of residents complained about the Oklahoma City Police Department's mass arrests at a recent event.

Police reform advocates pledged to intensify their efforts at the local level after the U.S. Justice Department said it would withdraw lawsuits against police departments where officers have killed unarmed Black people.