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For years, members of the Louisville Metro Police Department violated the rights of the public and discriminated against Black people, according to a federal investigation that was launched after officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her home, sparking widespread demonstrations and protests.

An investigation by the Justice Department has concluded that police in Louisville, Missouri, routinely violate residents' constitutional rights by using excessive force, conducting illegal traffic stops and narcotics raids, retaliating against residents for protected speech, and discriminating against minorities.

In one bracing example, the Justice Department report describes an officer encountering a woman who was intoxicated and screaming and crying on her friend’s lawn. The report said that the woman was fighting with her friends and an officer initially waited idly for 90 seconds, then ran up, used his boot to hold her on the ground and pressed his foot into her chest. When the woman tried to bite his shoe, the report said, the officer went “into a frenzy” and began beating the woman’s face with his flashlight....

The U.S. Justice Department has found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. The announcement was made Wednesday by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

A memorial to Breonna Taylor in downtown Louisville in September 2020. The Justice Department on Wednesday faulted the Louisville Metro Police Department for widespread unconstitutional practices in a review launched after the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor and said it would probe the role of special police units following the deadly January beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, underscoring the Biden administration’s focus on overhauling local law enforcement. A sweeping, two-year investigation following Ms.

A Justice Department investigation into law enforcement in Louisville, Kentucky that was launched following the death of Breonna Taylor has found civil rights violations, officials announced Wednesday. The Justice Department says the "comprehensive" review determined that "the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) and the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (Louisville Metro) engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the U.S.

A review by the United States Department of Justice has concluded that the Louisville Metro Police Department engaged in patterns of racist abuse against the city's Black citizens. that the DOJ report found that Louisville officers were so flagrant in their abusive behavior that they even filmed themselves hurling racist slurs against citizens. "Some officers have videotaped themselves throwing drinks at pedestrians from their cars; insulted people with disabilities; and called Black people 'monkeys,' 'animal,' and 'boy,'" the report states.

A nearly two-year civil rights investigation into the Louisville, Kentucky, police department and Louisville Metro Government found the city and law enforcement engaged in a pattern of unlawful and discriminatory conduct, depriving people of their constitutional rights, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The Department of Justice launched its pattern or practice investigation into the Louisville police in April 2021, more than a year after the botched raid that resulted in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.