From CNN's Hannah Rabinowitz
The Justice Department issued a scathing report on the Louisville Police Department after a nearly two-year review launched in the wake of the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
Garland said that the Louisville Police Department "relied heavily on pretextual traffic stops in Black neighborhoods."
"In these stops, officers use the pretense for making a stop for minor traffic offense in order to investigate for other crimes," he continued.
Garland documented aggressive behavior and racial epithets used by police toward residents.
"Failures of leadership and accountability have allowed unlawful conduct to continue unchecked," the Justice Department said. "Even when city and police leaders announced solutions, they failed to follow through. In LMPD, officer misconduct too often goes unnoticed and unaddressed. At times, LMPD leaders have endorsed and defended unlawful conduct."
As a result of the misconduct, the police department has paid more than $40 million to resolve claims of police misconduct over the past six years, according to the report.