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Louisville Youth Question Mayor Over Response To Breonna Taylor's Killing

5:30pm June 08, 2020

by Amina Elahi

On Sunday, a group of young people pressed Mayor Greg Fischer about the recent curfew, called him to task over using them for photo ops and presented him with a list of demands.

Breonna Taylor poses with her car on Dec. 25, 2019. Her friends and family remember Taylor as a caring person who loved her job in health care and playing cards with her aunts.

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As The Nation Chants Her Name, Breonna Taylor's Family Grieves A Life 'Robbed'

11:12pm June 04, 2020

Breonna Taylor's family and friends mourn her death — and process what it means for her to become a national symbol. Police in Louisville, Ky., shot and killed the 26-year-old EMT in March.

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Demonstrators gather outside City Hall in Louisville, Ky., on May 29 to protest of police violence.

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Louisville Community Leader On Protests: 'People Want To See Something Different'

5:48pm June 04, 2020

by Ari Shapiro

Sadiqa Reynolds, president of the Louisville Urban League, says the protests — which have been peaceful and diverse in her city — are "changing the way the criminal justice system has to respond."

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David McAtee is remembered as a "community pillar" and the owner of Yaya's BBQ in Louisville. He was killed Monday when police and National Guard shot him at his business while dispersing protesters.

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The Louisville Community Who Loved David McAtee Has Questions About His Death

10:46pm June 03, 2020

McAtee is remembered as a family man and the owner of Yaya's BBQ. He was shot and killed at his business Monday when police and National Guard were dispersing a crowd after curfew.

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David McAtee, who was shot and killed by officers early Monday morning, is seen at a grill in a security video that Louisville police released on Tuesday.

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Louisville Police Releases Video It Says Shows David McAtee Firing At Officers

10:15pm June 02, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Police released security footage a day after McAtee, a business owner, was shot and killed by law enforcement. There is no sound, but police say it appears, based on the video, that he fires first.

Louisville, Ky., Police Chief Steve Conrad, pictured in 2016, has been fired over the death of a black man on Monday morning.

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Louisville Police Chief Fired After Black Man Is Shot To Death

6:10pm June 01, 2020

by Austin Horn

Officers didn't have their body cameras turned on, and Police Chief Steve Conrad was later dismissed. National Guard members were also part of the incident and fired shots.

Police officers gathered Thursday in downtown Louisville, Ky., as protesters demonstrated against the killing of Breonna Taylor, a black woman fatally shot by police in her home in March.

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7 Shot At Louisville Protest Calling For Justice For Breonna Taylor

11:46am May 29, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

It's not yet clear who shot people in the crowd. The mayor says no officers fired weapons on the demonstrations for the black woman killed by police in her home. Two victims required surgery, he says.

Briefing room inside the Louisville Metro Police Department.

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'Sleeping While Black'; Louisville Police Kill Unarmed Black Woman

9:27pm May 13, 2020

by Amina Elahi

Attorneys for Breonna Taylor's family say police executed her in her own apartment. Officers were serving a narcotics warrant. Taylor's boyfriend fired at officers, fearing they were intruders.

Detective Chase McKeown and Officer Nicole McKeown drew their guns and closed in on a robbery suspect in a fried chicken restaurant in Louisville, Ky., Saturday night.

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Newlywed Police Officers Cut Date Night Short To Stop Armed Robber At Restaurant

12:20pm February 19, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"We just looked at each other: 'Is this what's going on? Let's go,' " Elizabethtown (Ky.) Detective Chase McKeown said, describing how he and his wife acted to stop a man with a gun.

The scene outside a Kroger supermarket following a shooting that left two people dead last Wednesday in Jeffersontown, Ky. Many have labeled the attack a hate crime.

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Killing Of 2 At Kentucky Supermarket Is Being Investigated As Hate Crime

3:28pm October 29, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The police chief of Jeffersontown, Ky., says the attack was racially motivated, and federal prosecutors say they're investigating whether the murders are hate crimes.