Darcy Costello, Louisville Courier Journal Published 11:53 a.m. ET June 19, 2020 | Updated 12:35 p.m. ET June 19, 2020CLOSE The ordinance is called Breonna's Law after Breonna Taylor, an unarmed black woman who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police in her apartment. USA TODAYLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday that Louisville Metro Police…
All 26 members of the Louisville Metro Council voted on Thursday to pass a ban on no-knock warrants, a measure known as “Breonna’s Law,” named after the former EMT who died in a police raid at her apartment. The unanimously passed ordinance, which still needs to be approved by the mayor, bans any search warrant…
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks to a group gathered for a vigil in memory of Breonna Taylor on June 6. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks to a group gathered for a vigil in memory of Breonna Taylor on June 6. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Louisville youth…
Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad has been fired following the killing of an unarmed black man early Monday morning after a weekend of contentious protests. Mayor Greg Fischer announced the termination of the embattled chief after it was announced that no body-camera footage was available from the shooting of David McAtee.Conrad already had agreed…
Police failed to have their body cameras on at the scene.June 2, 2020, 12:43 AM7 min read A police chief has been fired and two officers are on administrative leave after a barbecue business owner in the West End of Louisville, Kentucky, was shot dead by law enforcement trying to enforce curfew amid protests over…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…