Feds Say Louisville Police Department Engaged In Racist Policing Pattern
Posted on AllSides March 9th, 2023
From The Left
A federal probe, prompted by the police killing of Breonna Taylor, found that the Louisville Metro Police Department has a pattern of violating civil rights, conducting unlawful searches and discriminating against Black people and people with disabilities, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced March 8. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division launched the pattern or practice investigation in April 2021. At that time, an LMPD leader told investigators that “Breonna Taylor was a symptom of problems that we have had for years,” Garland said, adding that the probe’s findings “bear that out.”...