the justice department has just issued a scathing and disturbing report on the louisville police department nearly two years after a nearly two year civil rights investigation. now, attorney general merrick garland launched this probe in the months after the louisville police shot and killed an unarmed black woman, breonna taylor inside of her home. a short time ago garland explained that that botched raid in march of 2020 was part of a practice of abuses by the city. the pd leader told the department breonna taylor was a symptom of problems that we have had for years. the justice department s findings in the report that we are releasing today bear that out. and listen to this, these are just some of the very ugly examples that garland cited today. the justice department has also identified deficiencies in lmpd s response to and investigation of domestic violence and sexual assault. lmpd has relied heavily on pretextual traffic stops in black neighborhoods. some have vi
here the justice department does have the ability to go in and sue and use the law if these negotiations break down. so it is a very powerful tool. your point is very well taken or the question is very well taken in that why can t it s clearly it s a bigger problem than just one police department, i think we can all stipulate to that, but what our government gives us is the ability only to handle it on a local case by case level. yeah. and, andy, merrick garland also specifically talked about violations by this viper unit in louisville, it was renamed something else later, but it piqued my interest because it sounded almost identical to what was going on in memphis with that scorpion unit involved in the tyre nichols case. what are your thoughts about the scrutiny now that we re seeing on these specialized units and whether they need to be looked more closely at? there are many we can cite many examples of specialized units kind of going rogue and
her minions polluted with the cdc to prolong school closures. joining me is the president of the committee to unleash prosperity. weingarten s attempt to rewrite history isn t just wrong, it is cool. it is a work of fiction. what it reminds me of, remember the trend 5 or 10 years ago when all the classic fairy tales and stories were being rewritten from the villain s perspective? she was the main felon behind school closures in this country for the past year, the single best predictor of what the schools would open or close in any jurisdiction was how powerful the teachers union was, had nothing to do with case level of covid but how powerful the teachers union was and we wanted them open all along, we were fighting for the kids, it is so ridiculous you almost have to laugh except it is being