A Justice Department investigation is waiting for the Louisville Police after Breonna Taylor was killed in her apartment when they served a "no-knock" warrant. The announcement came after DOJ said it will investigate Minneapolis Police Department.

"Today, the Justice Department is opening a civil investigation into the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government and the Louisville Metro Police Department," Attorney General Merrick Garland was quoted in an NBC News report.

The investigation was said to determine whether the Louisville Police engages in practices that violate federal law.

Louisville Police has faced criticisms 13 months after the death of Breonna Taylor.

Garland said the DOJ will review whether the police department had conducted the practice of using unreasonable force.

In addition, the Attorney General added that it will also identify if Louisville had unconstitutional stops, searches, and seizures.

Garland said that they will follow facts and the law wherever they lead.

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Breonna Taylor

Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old Black woman who was killed last year by Louisville Police officers.

Police had entered her apartment and fired 32 bullets, according to a CNBC report.

Meanwhile, Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot at officers, saying that he believed they were intruders.

Taylor's death is considered to be one of the most high-profile police killings in recent years. It has spurred calls to control the use of no-knock warrants and other controversial practices.

In addition, Taylor was neither the subject of the warrant nor was the suspect at her home, according to an NPR report.

The police department had fired one of the officers involved in Taylor's killing last year, saying that former officer Brett Hankinson had shown an "extreme indifference to the value of human life."

Meanwhile, Garland said the DOJ will consider the terms of a $12 million settlement reached between Louisville and Taylor's family last year.

Police Brutality

At least 950 incidents of police brutality against civilians and journalists during anti-racism protests have been recorded the previous year, according to a Bellingcat and Forensic Architecture data.

It also includes more than 1,000 violations, with more than 500 occurrences of police using less-lethal rounds, pepper spray, and tear gas.

Sixty incidents of officers using unlawful assembly to arrest people, and 19 incidents of police being permissive to the right, which shows double standards, according to The Guardian report.

On top of that, there were also five incidents of attacks on medics and 11 happenings of kittling.

More than 200 incidents happened in Portland, where police spent over $117,500 on teargas and less-lethal munitions in a period of six weeks from late May.

Heather-Lynne Van Wilde, a Portland-based journalist, said most practices had been used mostly on peaceful protests.

Wilde covered the demonstrations. She was working for the Raindrop Works news site.

The journalist added that it feels like a disproportionate use of force.

Last July, Donovan La Bella was shot in the head with a less-lethal munition during a protest.

He spent two months in and out of hospital after suffering a fractured skull.

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