Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg wants to use nearly all of the money allocated for Department of Justice-inspired reforms on building renovations and a new officer wellness center. Some Metro Council members are pushing back.
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An audit of the Louisville Metro jail blames the 14 recent deaths in the facility on faulty design. It also calls for the city to build a new jail. Anti-incarceration advocates are frustrated the audit didn’t address issues beyond the conditions and operations of the jail.
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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg’s staff indicated last week he wouldn’t ask council members to approve the spending. Greenberg cited “confusion.”
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Jonathan S. Ricketts is an attorney and former chair of the city’s ethics commission and has led several high-profile investigations for the Metro Council in recent years.
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For many, the findings of the U.S. Department of Justice report detailing a pattern of abuses by Louisville police are no surprise. Now, the focus turns to reform, but some are apprehensive about trusting the process.
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Federal investigators found the Louisville Metro Police Department has an extensive pattern of violating civil rights, conducting unlawful searches and discriminating against Black people and people with behavioral health disabilities.
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Louisville Metro Council will hire an attorney to decide if Council Member Anthony Piagentini violated ethics rules because no council member wanted to file a formal complaint against him.
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The Kentucky State Police have settled a federal lawsuit involving two troopers who beat Alex Hornback at his Shepherdsville home during an April 2020 arrest and allegedly lied about it under oath.
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Several women accused Brian Bailey of sexual abuse, two internal police investigations determined the complaints were credible, but local prosecutors say he shouldn't face the felony sodomy charge.
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Dozens of residents and community leaders gathered Tuesday evening to voice concerns and share their ideas for how to reduce violence in Louisville.
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Ethics officials said they were puzzled by a Metro Council resolution asking them to review council member Anthony Piagentini’s involvement in a $40 million grant the council gave a local nonprofit.