The Department of Justice of the United States has accused this Wednesday the local Police of Louisville (Kentucky) of violate civil rightsafter a two-year investigation launched following the death, in 2020, of the African-American Breonna Taylor shot by police.

The findings have been announced at a press conference by the attorney general, merrick garland, who has described the conduct of the agents as “heartbreaking”. After its analysis, the department has concluded that the local agents “use a excessive forceincluding unreasonable neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tasers“, according to the text of the investigation.


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In addition, he has accused security forces of executing search warrants without knocking on the door and of discriminating against African-American citizens or people with disabilities.

Breonna Taylor died in 2020 at her home, during a police drug raid. The officers had a “no-knock” search warrant, which allowed them to enter the apartment without identifying themselves. These types of orders were banned in the city after the event.

Once the raid got underway, officers broke into the home, where the woman was with her boyfriend, who legally owned a gun and he opened fire thinking they were thieves. The police officers responded by shooting and killing Taylor. His death on March 13, 2020 occurred months before the murder of the African-American George Floydin May of that same year, which unleashed the largest wave of protests and racial riots in the US since the 1960s.