# Dismissal of United States v. City of Minneapolis, May 27, 2025 *Dismissal, on the Justice Department's own motion, of the federal consent decree concerning the Minneapolis Police Department.* On May 27, 2025, the federal consent decree concerning the Minneapolis Police Department was dismissed. The Justice Department, a party to the case, moved for the dismissal, and the decree was dismissed on that motion.[^1] The project's merged master describes the dismissal as "the one external federal check on the department withdrawn by the federal government itself."[^1] That source records who moved, what was dismissed and when. It does not record the reasons the Justice Department gave for its motion.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - The Justice Department filed the motion on which the federal consent decree was dismissed.[^1] ### What - The federal consent decree concerning the Minneapolis Police Department was dismissed.[^1] ### When - The dismissal took place on May 27, 2025.[^1] ### Why - The project's merged master characterizes the dismissal as the withdrawal, by the federal government itself, of "the one external federal check on the department". The record shows this characterization; it does not establish the Justice Department's reasons.[^1] ### How - The decree was dismissed on the Justice Department's own motion.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota wiki project, *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted) (date not given in pack) — establishes that "the federal decree was dismissed on the Justice Department's own motion, May 27, 2025", and carries the project's characterization of the dismissal. No URL for this source is in the pack; cited by label.