U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland launched the civil rights probe into the department, whose officers shot Breonna Taylor dead after bursting into her apartment on a no-knock warrant, as well as the Louisville-Jefferson County government. Former Louisville detective Kelly Goodlett, pled guilty to federal criminal charges that she helped falsify the search warrant that led to Taylor's death.
The probe found a wide-ranging pattern of misconduct by police, including using dangerous neck restraints and police dogs against people who posed no threat, and allowing the dogs to continuing biting people after they surrendered.
It is the first probe of U.S. policing begun and completed by the Biden administration, the results of the Minneapolis review have not yet been released, which had promised to focus on racial justice in law enforcement after a spate of high-profile police killings of Black Americans.
The investigation found the police department used aggressive tactics selectively against Black people, who comprise roughly one in four Louisville residents
Police cited people for minor offenses like wide turns and broken taillights, while serious crimes like sexual assault and homicide went unsolved, the probe found, adding minor offenses were used as a pretext to investigate unrelated criminal activity.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-justice-dept-reach-oversight-agreement-with-louisville-police-2023-03-08/
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