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Nickolas Wilt was shot in the head on his fourth shift as a Louisville police officer

1:28pm April 11, 2023

by Emily Olson

Nickolas Wilt, a 26-year-old rookie officer, ran towards a gunman who opened fire at a Louisville bank on Monday. He's the latest to be heralded as a hero amid America's gun violence crisis.

Louisville Metro Police Department Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, along with other city and federal officials, discuss the civil rights investigation at a press conference on Wednesday. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg (L) and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (R) are standing to her left.

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The DOJ found a pattern of misconduct in the Louisville police department. Now what?

10:51am March 09, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg spoke with Morning Edition about steps the city is taking to reform its police department — which he says is also some 300 officers short.

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Former Louisville Metro Police officer Katie R. Crews, show in riot gear, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge of using excessive force during curfew enforcement the night of David McAtee's death.

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An ex-Louisville cop pleads guilty to using excessive force in Breonna Taylor protests

2:52pm October 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

A former police officer blamed for instigating a conflict that led to the fatal shooting of a Black barbecue restaurant owner during the Breonna Taylor protests has pleaded guilty in federal court.

Protesters gathered at a memorial a Louisville, Ky. park on March 13, 2021, the anniversary of Breonna Taylor's killing. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers involved in the fatal raid, is facing widespread criticism for planning to publish a book abou

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Simon & Schuster Reverses, Won't Distribute Book By Officer In Breonna Taylor Raid

1:16pm April 16, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly is writing a book about the botched raid, during which he shot into Taylor's apartment after being wounded. Post Hill Press says it will move forward with its plans to publish.

Emergency medical technician Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot and killed by police in her home in March. Her name has become a rallying cry in protests against police brutality and social injustice.

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2 Louisville Police Officers Connected To Breonna Taylor's Death Have Been Fired

4:26pm January 06, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

Detective Joshua Jaynes, who secured the search warrant for Taylor's apartment, and Detective Myles Cosgrove, who federal investigators said fired the shot that killed her, have been terminated.

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Louisville Police Officer Says Breonna Taylor Shooting Was 'Not A Race Thing'

3:32pm October 21, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Taylor's killing, along with that of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, sparked national protests calling for an end to systemic racism and police brutality. Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly denied he is racist.

The grand jury recording in the Breonna Taylor case will be released, after a judge ordered the attorney general's office to produce the recording by Wednesday. Here, a mother and son attend a demonstration in what activists are now calling Injustice Squa

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Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recording Will Be Released, Kentucky Attorney General Says

10:41am September 29, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body," Attorney General Daniel Cameron says in a statement. "It's apparent that the public interest in this case isn't going to allow that to happen."

Tear Gas Deployed In Atlanta During Breonna Taylor Protests

1:50pm September 24, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Demonstrators took to the streets of Atlanta overnight in the wake of the decision not to charge officers directly in Taylor's death. Candidates for a Georgia Senate race weighed in.

People react after a decision in the criminal case against police officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor, who was shot dead by police in her apartment, in Louisville.

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Kentucky Grand Jury Indicts 1 Of 3 Officers In Breonna Taylor Case

3:49pm September 23, 2020

Brett Hankison, who was terminated in June, has been charged with three counts of wanton endangerment. None of the three men face state charges directly over Taylor's death.

Louisville, Ky., Mayor Greg Fischer, here at a press conference this month, says he has no insight about when the state attorney general will make an announcement in the Breonna Taylor case but says the city must be prepared.

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Louisville Mayor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead of Breonna Taylor Announcement

4:02pm September 22, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is poised to announce whether his office will bring charges against the police officers who shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in March.