results of its nearly two-year-long review of the louisville metro police department accusing it of engaging in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and that officers discriminated against black people, engaged in excessive force and invalid searches. the doj investigation was prompted by the 2020 death of breonna taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot by louisville officers in her own home during a botched raid in 2020. attorney general merrick garland announcing the findings calling the pattern of conduct unacceptable and heartbreaking. tonight there s reaction from city officials and we hear from breonna taylor s mother. miguel almaguer has our report. reporter: today s scathing report from the department of justice unveiled a damning assessment of the louisville metro police department saying they have long engaged in a troubling pattern of discriminatory law enforcement practices.
joining me now to discuss this and more, hayes brown, writer and editor for msnbc daily and renata moriarty, former prosecutor legal affairs columnist for politico. gentlemen, good to have you with us. renato, i ll start with you. your reaction to the so-called witnesses in these whistleblowers. tell us, first of all, what it takes to secure federal whistleblower protection, and why jim jordan s roster seems to not reach that benchmark. well, a whistleblower is somebody who has identified a violation of law for policy and they re providing information and evidence that relates to that violation in these folks aren t doing that. really, a lot of what we have seen described is standard law enforcement practices that i think you could call into
renata moriarty, former prosecutor legal affairs columnist for politico. gentlemen, good to have you with us. where will start with you. your reaction to the so-called witnesses in these whistleblowers. tell us, first of all, what it takes to secure federal whistleblower protection, and why jim jordan s roster seems to not reach that benchmark. well, a whistleblower is somebody who has identified a violation of law for policy and they re providing information and evidence that relates to that violation in these folks aren t doing that. really, a lot of what we have seen described is standard law enforcement practices that i think you could call into question but would need to call into question in every case, for all sorts of defendants, rich, poor, democrat and republican, and really what they re trying to do, i think, is use this as a way, i think
so-called witnesses in these whistleblowers. tell us, first of all, what it takes to secure federal whistleblower protection, and why jim jordan s roster seems to not reach that benchmark. well, a whistleblower is somebody who has identified a violation of law for policy and they re providing information and evidence that relates to that violation in these folks aren t doing that. really, a lot of what we have seen described is standard law enforcement practices that i think you could call into question but would need to call into question in every case, for all sorts of defendants, rich, poor, democrat and republican, and really what they re trying to do, i think, is use this as a way, i think promoted this information discourse where there is essentially, if we can have some witnesses moving their lips on the stand it lends credence to these false attacks by trump on the fbi and the doj trying to reduce trust in our
played a critical role. the number of seizures made by especially the state troopers working hiring interdiction aspects from miami to new york made significant impact and made it difficult for trafficking organizations to move bulk quantities of cocaine from miami to the interior of the united states. we ve been here before. this is not a new situation. fentanyl is a new drug but the way to mitt great that threat we have done it before successfully and need to go back to some of the old law enforcement practices to make a better impact. bill: fiscal year this year 4500 pounds of fentanyl seized already. who knows how much has gone through? what would be your lesson in the year 2023 based on your experience to cut this off? again i would look back to our history. where do we have our successes and challenging the cartels with cocaine coming into the country?