After Breonna Taylor death, feds find police discrimination

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.

Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Wednesday. A Justice Department report found the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government and Louisville Metro Police Department ''engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of their rights under the Constitution and federal law.''

The report said the Louisville police department ''discriminates against Black people in its enforcement activities,'' uses excessive force and conducts searches based on invalid warrants. It also said the department violates the rights of people engaged in protected speech, like the street protests in the city in the summer of 2020 after Taylor's death. Garland said some officers have assaulted people with disabilities and called Black people disparaging names.

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