US Justice Department launches investigation of Louisville police

The probe comes a year after the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot during a police raid at her home.

The US Justice Department on Monday launched a probe of the Louisville, Kentucky, police department whose officers last year shot and killed Black woman Breonna Taylor during a botched raid, Attorney General Merrick Garland said. The news marked the second such investigation in a week launched by the Justice Department. Last Wednesday, it began a similar review of the Minneapolis Police Department after its former officer, Derek Chauvin, was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. The investigations are known as a “pattern or practice” — examining whether there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing — and will be more sweeping reviews of the entire police departments.