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Just a few unimportant (standard espoused by many) tidbits from the report.
Review After Breonna Taylor’s Death Finds Police Discrimination in Louisville - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
According to the article a consent decree will likely be the result of this report. Other cities are being investigated. I'm concerned if Republicans take the White House and take over DOJ they will stop all investigations and revoke those consent decrees. Trump stopped their use during his administration.
We still have a problem that this report highlights, black people are not believed when they tell their stories about police interactions. They are also assumed automatically guilty of "something" whenever there is an accusation.
Mr. Garland said investigators uncovered instances of blatant racism against Black residents, including the disproportionate use of traffic stops in Black neighborhoods and the hurling of epithets like “monkey,” “animal” and “boy.”
Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, said that the targeting of Black people for traffic stops and searches turned conventional law enforcement practices into “weapons of oppression, submission and fear.”
One woman told the Justice Department she had informed police officials that a narcotics detective was extorting sex from her daughter and two other women he had accused of drug possession. The accusation was labeled “unfounded” — but proved to be true five years later, when three more women came forward with similar accusations. The detective resigned but was never prosecuted.
Review After Breonna Taylor’s Death Finds Police Discrimination in Louisville - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
According to the article a consent decree will likely be the result of this report. Other cities are being investigated. I'm concerned if Republicans take the White House and take over DOJ they will stop all investigations and revoke those consent decrees. Trump stopped their use during his administration.
We still have a problem that this report highlights, black people are not believed when they tell their stories about police interactions. They are also assumed automatically guilty of "something" whenever there is an accusation.
