In a scathing assessment, the Justice Department said Thursday that the Albuquerque Police Department, whose officers have shot and killed 23 people in the last four years, had engaged in a “pattern or practice of use of excessive force,” often acting recklessly and violating people’s constitutional rights. Police officers here too often used deadly force against people who posed no significant threat to them, including people who were mentally or emotionally unstable, creating unnecessary confrontations that frequently escalated and ended in shots fired and lives lost, according to the findings of a 16-month investigation by the Justice Department that were released on Thursday.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:54:19 +0000
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