Louisville police department ‘discriminates against Black people,’ Justice Department report says

HomerJS

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Just a few unimportant (standard espoused by many) tidbits from the report.
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.
 

MrSquished

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Every week I thank myself for being lucky and winning the sperm lottery and not being born or have to live in some shithole regressive state like Louisiana.
 

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The comments are so starkly different than comments you'd find on a fox news post.

Anyway I'm not surprised. Cops overlooking cop crimes is extremely damaging to society. I think police departments should always be run by a trio of black mothers. Every departments in the country would benefit from this. They'd clean up all of this shit so fast.
 
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iRONic

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Every week I thank myself for being lucky and winning the sperm lottery and not being born or have to live in some shithole regressive state like Louisiana.
Granted, having lived in Lousyanna for ~6 years it’s got some shithole cities but WTF does that have to do with the piece about Louisville?!
 
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River City FOP always defends their own:

“Late Wednesday night, the River City Fraternal Order of Police released a statement about the report on its Facebook page calling the report "an unfair assessment of the great work that is accomplished daily by the vast majority of LMPD officers."

It also said, "the report should not go unchallenged and should be dissected for evidentiary value."

 

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River City FOP always defends their own:

“Late Wednesday night, the River City Fraternal Order of Police released a statement about the report on its Facebook page calling the report "an unfair assessment of the great work that is accomplished daily by the vast majority of LMPD officers."

It also said, "the report should not go unchallenged and should be dissected for evidentiary value."


If it's only a minority of officers who engage in these illegal discriminatory actions, then why does the "vast majority" of police constantly defend and protect these bad apples?

Because there are bad actors in every profession. And the glaring difference between other professions and the police is that other professions at least try to get rid of their bad actors.
 
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If it's only a minority of officers who engage in these illegal discriminatory actions, then why does the "vast majority" of police constantly defend and protect these bad apples?

Because there are bad actors in every profession. And the glaring difference between other professions and the police is that other professions at least try to get rid of their bad actors.
Oh ya? Most professions get rid of bad actors? What about politicians and youth pastors? That’s like three professions. Checkmate lib. /s
 
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If it's only a minority of officers who engage in these illegal discriminatory actions, then why does the "vast majority" of police constantly defend and protect these bad apples?

Because there are bad actors in every profession. And the glaring difference between other professions and the police is that other professions at least try to get rid of their bad actors.
Imagine one of those pilots who crossed a runway without permission, when time for consequences, they say, "I have qualified immunity."