you re live with bbc news. the usjustice department has published a damning report on policing in minneapolis, which was prompted by the killing of george floyd three years ago. the attorney general, merrick garland, said the city s police routinely used excessive force and discriminated against black people and native americans. he said they deployed firearms when they weren t needed, and violated people s right to freedom of speech. take a listen. the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. as one city leader told us, these systemic issues didn tjust occur on 25 may, 2020. there were instances like that that were being reported by the community long before that. we found that mpd and the city of minneapolis engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, unlawfully discriminating against black and native american people in enforcement activities,
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unlawfully executes warrants without knocking and announcing, unlawfully stops, searches, detains, and arrests people, unlawfully discriminates against black people in enforcement activities. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik has more. she spoke to me a little earlier. the department ofjustice, after the black lives matter movement in 2020, really took off after the killings of george floyd and breonna taylor. they have launched these investigations. now, the investigation into minneapolis is still ongoing. but here we have a really damning indictment about what happened in louisville, kentucky. in this 86 page report
including unjustified neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tasers, conducts searches based on invalid warrants, unlawfully executes warrants without knocking and announcing, unlawfully stops, searches, detains, and arrests people, unlawfully discriminates against black people in enforcement activities. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik has more. the department ofjustice after the black lives matter movement in 2020 really took off after the killings of george floyd and breonna taylor. they have launched these investigations. now, the investigation into minneapolis is still ongoing. but here we have a really damning indictment about what happened in louisville, kentucky, in this 86 page report.
people, used excessive force, and conducted illegal searches. here is what attorney general merrick garland had to say. lmpd uses excessive force, including unjustified neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tasers, conduct searches based on invalid warrants, unlawfully executes warrants without knocking and announcing, unlawfully stops, searches, detains, and arrests people, unlawfully discriminates against black people in enforcement activities. jody armour is professor of law at the university of southern california. hejoins us now from los angeles. professorjody, thank you for taking the time to join us. you have been looking at the us criminaljustice have been looking at the us criminal justice system for most of your career, if not all of it. what do you make of the us justice of it. what do you make of the usjustice department s reports?
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