Louisville police racist misconduct

[gounion]

Now, Glenn and Joe Memphis tells us that there is no racism today, that blacks aren't treated any differently today than white people are. Well, that's just a fucking lie. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... na-taylor/

The Louisville Metro Police Department engaged in systemic civil rights abuses and excessive-force misconduct in the years leading up to the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor, according to the findings of a federal investigation released Wednesday that is likely to require the department to undergo sweeping changes.

The Justice Department’s probe found that officers carried out unlawful and unconstitutional policing, including conducting searches that were based on invalid warrants, executing search warrants without knocking and announcing their presence, making unlawful stops and targeting those who spoke out against abusive policing during mass protests or even day-to-day interactions.

The Louisville police department has for years “practiced an aggressive style of policing that it deploys selectively, especially against Black people, but also against vulnerable people throughout the city," the report said. "... Failures of leadership and accountability have allowed unlawful conduct to continue unchecked. Even when city and police leaders announced solutions, they failed to follow through.”

The exhaustive and scathing 86-page report also said that when responding to crisis situations, the police and the Louisville city government discriminated against people who have behavioral health disabilities.

At a news conference in Louisville, Attorney General Merrick Garland called the misconduct “heartbreaking” and said it “erodes the community trust that is needed for effective community policing.” He was joined at the announcement by top Justice Department aides, as well as Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg (D) and interim police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel.

Read the Justice Department’s findings on the Louisville Metro Police and the Louisville Metro government

Greenberg, who took office in January, said the report offered vindication for those in the community who have decried abusive policing. He pledged the city’s cooperation in consent decree negotiations and sought to preempt those who might seek to minimize the findings as a product of politics or dismiss the misconduct as something that can be found in most cities

[Glennfs]

Another day another lie. Please show where any of us ever said there is no racism today.

[gounion]

Another day another lie. Please show where any of us ever said there is no racism today.

So you admit whole police departments are racist, and that blacks get pulled over far more than whites?