DOJ to Open Investigation of Louisville Police Over Breonna Taylor Death

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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a Department of Justice-led investigation into the officer-involved death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.

Taylor was shot to death during a police raid of her home in March 2020, with her death later becoming a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter protests and riots in 2020.

In the incident, police came through Taylorโ€™s door using a battering ram. Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, allegedly opened fire at police, who fired back, striking and killing Taylor, officials said.

Walker maintained that he wasnโ€™t aware that police were conducting a raid at the time. Last year, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said a neighbor corroborated the policeโ€™s claims that they knocked on Taylorโ€™s door, which disputed allegations that authorities used a โ€œno-knock warrant,โ€ while he added that the officers involved were shot at first by Walker.

But on April 26, Garland said the Justice Department will conduct a โ€œpattern of practiceโ€ investigation into the cityโ€™s police.

โ€œIt will determine whether LMPD engages in unconstitutional stops, searches, and seizures, as well as whether the department unlawfully executes search warrants on private homes.โ€

โ€œAs in every Justice Department investigation we will follow the facts and the law, wherever they lead,โ€ Garland said. โ€œIf there is reasonable cause to believe that there was a pattern or practice of constitutional or statutory violations, we will issue a public report of our conclusions.โ€

The investigation comes as Louisville has seen an uptick in violent crime. Police data show that murders, rapes, and robberies are up more than 81 percent above the five-year average.

BY JACK PHILLIPS

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