DOJ: Albuquerque Police Show ‘Pattern Of Excessive Force’

By Scott Neuman, NPR

The Justice Department says it has found a “patterns of excessive force” in a civil investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department.

Justice said it found “reasonable cause to believe that APD engages in a pattern or practice of excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”

Specifically, the DOJ says officers use deadly force too frequently against people who pose a minimal threat and use less lethal force (such as Taser guns) on people who are “passively resisting, non-threatening, observably unable to comply with orders.”

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