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Source: Associated Press

1. Summary
   Findings from the Justice Department's two-year investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) were released on Wednesday. The report was commissioned after the 2020 death of Breonna Taylor.
   
   Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the LMPD "cites people for minor offenses [...] while serious crimes [...] go unsolved." The report found incidents of officers calling Black people "monkey" or "boy," and said the LMPD unlawfully executes search warrants and uses excessive force, among other things. It also found that Black motorists were twice as likely to be searched as white ones.
   
   The Department outlined 36 remedial measures for the LMPD to take and said the city has agreed to let a judge monitor its progress in adopting the reforms. The associate attorney general said similar consent decrees have significantly reduced police use of force in Baltimore, Seattle, and Albuquerque. Some of the measures, such as a ban on no-knock warrants, have already been implemented by the city.

   Highly-rated - last 48 hrs
   AG Merrick Garland issues scathing report into Louisville police practices.
   USA Today (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 73% • 6 min read
   

1. Different political viewpoint
   Justice Department probe finds illegal, violent, and discriminatory policing in Louisville, Kentucky.
   Reason (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 67% • 4 min read

1. Selected long-read
   Federal civil rights investigations are not the only way to check for police misconduct. (2022)
   Marshall Project (Center) • Factual Grade 81% • 5 min read

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