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.

The Justice Department is working toward dropping reform agreements with police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., after killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in those cities drew national attention.

Minneapolis officials say the city will adhere to a consent decree ordering expansive reforms to its police force despite the federal government's plan to end its investigation into the department."Here is the bottom line: We're doing it anyway,