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Department of Justice Investigation

On April 26, 2021, U.S. Attorney General Merritt Garland announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division would be investigating Louisville Metro Police Department to determine if there was a pattern racially discriminatory practices in the department.

Department of Justice Press Release
The April 26 announcement of the investigation by the Department of Justice.
US Justice Department to investigate Louisville Metro Police force, stops, discrimination
Courier-Journal article by Darcy Costello.
34 U.S.C. § 12601
The investigation would be carried out by the Justice Department’s Special Litigation Section, subject to the DOJ’s powers under 34 U.S.C. § 12601.
Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies
Overview of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section.
Reforming Patterns of Unconstitutional Policing: Enforcement of 34 U.S.C. § 12601
The Library of Congress’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) June 2020 report on the DOJ’s powers under federal civil rights law.