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SHOCKING: Kentucky police slammed as racist by probe into 2020 killing - What They Never Told You

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced an investigation into Louisville Police Department a month after taking office in March 2021.

LOUISVILLE (UNITED STATES) - Police in Kentucky have engaged in a pattern of racist abuse for years, involving excessive force and illegal searches, a US Justice Department probe found Wednesday, following a botched raid that killed a Black medical technician and fuelled nationwide protests.

Officers shot dead Breonna Taylor in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, in March 2020, in one of a series of high-profile killings that exposed police brutality and discrimination against African Americans.

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