DOJ investigation cites more than 60 different examples of alleged misconduct by Louisville police

The federal investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department cites 63 different incidents of alleged misconduct.

That’s according to an appendix of a 90-page report the U.S. Department of Justice released earlier this month following their roughly two-year investigation into LMPD.

Examples of excessive force provided in the first section of the appendix include the use of neck restraints and police dogs against “people who pose no threat,” an “unreasonable and unsafe” use of tasers, using takedowns, strikes and bodily force “disproportionate to threat or resistance,” and escalating encounters, leading to excessive force.

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