botched raid in 2020. the attorney general announcing the review conducted by the civil rights division just moments ago. the report finds that lmpd uses excessive force, 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, violates the rights of people engaged in critical speech and discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities when responding to them in crisis. ron allen has been covering this for us. ron, why did the federal
uses excessive force, 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, violates the rights of people engaged in protected speech, critical of policing, and along with louisville metro, discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities when responding to them in crisis. abby, the report also found that this pattern of abuse extended to people with disabilities as well as people who are suffering from sexual assaults, sexual assault victims were also being abused. that stood out to me, too, evan. thank you very much for breaking all of that down. and for more on this let s go
louisville, you mentioned about the politics and the political when we talk about police reform, this is why police reform is necessary. this is a culture that invaded police departments across the country, and it has to stop. black and brown lives matter. mrs. palmer, do you agree if this report had come out five years ago your daughter would still be alive and does that suggest, perhaps, that future lives will be saved because of the horrible tragedy that happened? i absolutely agree that she would still be alive had this already been done. i ve said even from the beginning that whatever the outcome is won t change what happened to breonna, but it will help the breonnas to come. and lanita, the report state that is the louisville police department unlawfully uses race in its enforcement activities. in the justice department s 36
department has concluded that the police department in louisville routinely discriminated against black 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, 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. the news comes just as a us judge halted the release of more than 20 hours of additional video and audio footage related to the separate case of the killing of tyre nichols, an unarmed black man who was beaten by police officers in memphis, tennessee during a traffic stop injanuary.
investigation into the louisville police department. attorney general merrick garland announced the systemic problems his team found just days before the three-year anniversary of the case that prompted the review, the death of breonna taylor, a black woman who was shot and killed during a no-knock raid on her apartment. the report finds that lmpd uses excessive force including unjustified neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tasers, conducts searches based on imbalanced warrants, unlawfully executes warrants without knocking and announcing, unlawfully stops, searches, detains and arrests people, unlawfully discriminates against black people in enforcement activities, violates the rights of people engaged in protected speech, critical policing. and along with louisville metro discriminates against people