The consent decree, which must be approved by a judge, follows a federal investigation that found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community.

The plan comes more than 4 1/2 years after a Louisville police officer fatally shot Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, during a nighttime raid on her apartment.

The agreement comes after the DOJ found police and Metro government for years engaged in practices that violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law, including excessive use of force and