This finding summarizes the conclusions of the investigation that began after the horrific death of a Louisville hospital emergency department worker on March 13, 2020.
The police in Louisville, in the heart of the US, have in recent years repeatedly used excessive force, systematically engaged in illegal practices, and reserved discretionary treatment when they did not display overt racism against the citizens they are sworn to protect, including people of ethnic origin. or national minorities and even the disabled, reveals the much-lauded conclusion of a federal investigation.
This finding summarizes the conclusions of the investigation that began after the gruesome death of a Louisville hospital emergency department worker on March 13, 2020. Briona Taylor was struck by at least eight police bullets inside her apartment.
The fate of the 26-year-old African-American nurse sparked a wave of outrage across the country, and her name was among those chanted by participants in the mass demonstrations that broke out across the US against racism and police brutality in 2020, in response for the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.
The report of the federal authorities was presented yesterday Wednesday in Louisville, the largest city in the state of Kentucky, by the Secretary of Justice Merrick Garland, who traveled there especially for the occasion from Washington.
The conclusions of his department are that “aggressive practices” were followed by the Louisville police, which were “applied in a selective manner”, especially “at the expense of black citizens”.
“Police officers videotaped themselves throwing drinks at pedestrians from their vehicles, insulting the disabled, calling black people ‘monkeys’ and ‘animals,'” reads an excerpt of the finding read by Mr. Garland during a press conference.
The federal investigation also revealed that police officers in Louisville misused police dogs and Tasers, stun guns. Also, during arrests, they very often used chokeholds to subdue suspects.
The finding also mentions warrantless checks of motorists, unlawful home invasions and physical searches, unnecessary harassment of members of ethnic or racial minorities…
“Through this conduct, the Louisville Police Department undermined its mission to ensure public safety and undermined its relationship with the citizens it is supposed to serve and protect,” Mr. Garland said.
Source :Skai
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