A nearly two-year civil rights investigation into the Louisville, Kentucky, police department and Louisville Metro Government found the city and law enforcement engaged in a pattern of unlawful and discriminatory conduct, depriving people of their constitutional rights, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

The Department of Justice launched its pattern or practice investigation into the Louisville police in April 2021, more than a year after the botched raid that resulted in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

According to the DOJ's report released Wednesday, one police leader told investigators that Taylor's death "was a symptom of problems that we have had for years.”

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