While Other Cities Introduce Police Chief Finalists, Louisville’s List Is Secret
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The city is breaking with its past practice and keeping finalists for the position secret — even as many other large cities are doing the opposite.
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Breonna Taylor, here in December, would have turned 27 on Friday. Her friends and family remember Taylor as a caring person who loved her job in health care and enjoyed playing cards with her aunts.
Investigations related to the police killing of Breonna Taylor and the protests that followed in Louisville.
The city is breaking with its past practice and keeping finalists for the position secret — even as many other large cities are doing the opposite.
The Trump administration rarely got involved in local policing. But might Louisville Metro Police see federal intervention under President-elect Biden?
When a judge ordered Brett Hankison not to possess any guns, it was up to him to give them up.
No law explicitly permits churches to harbor law-breakers or to protect individuals from the state. Instead, church sanctuaries are part of a long tradition that has typically been respected by the government.
As part of its historic, $12 million settlement with the family of Breonna Taylor, Louisville has agreed to implement several major police reforms, including creating an early warning system to identify officer behavioral trends to prevent misconduct. This is not the first time the city has made such a promise. In the wake of police shootings and as a response to critical audits, the Louisville Metro Police Department has frequently asserted that it already has such a system, or is on the cusp of implementing one. The current LMPD policy manual says it is actively using such a system. But it’s not, a joint investigation by Newsy and the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting has found.
Racial trauma, experienced by people of color, is getting more attention after a summer of protests over the police deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
As time passes, memories of these tumultuous days will fade, and lead to the perception that accountability is not a priority, according to policing experts and local leaders.
Breonna Taylor’s story highlights an issue advocates have long reckoned with: Why are Black women’s stories of police brutality not highlighted with the same intensity of Black men?
If renewed calls for a tougher civilian review board sound familiar, it’s because it’s been a common refrain over the last 20 years — and it’s never really happened.
There is no time frame for the audit yet, but documents show the scope of work will be significant.