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Louisville Metro has settled a class-action lawsuit with 2020 racial justice protesters who accused police of using excessive force at demonstrations following the police killing of Breonna Taylor.

Louisville residents will have an opportunity to meet with Effective Law Enforcement for All next month.

Kentucky's Supreme Court has struck down a city's ban on no-knock warrants. The court says Thursday that the ban in Lexington conflicts with a state law that limits but doesn't prohibit such warrants during police raids.

The final two candidates to oversee Louisville’s police reform efforts have experience monitoring federally mandated programs elsewhere.

Louisville officials are moving forward with selecting an independent monitor to oversee the city’s police reform plan.

Scott McVoy was named interim chief of the Jeffersonville Police Department.

An Indiana law granting police the right to arrest anyone who gets within 25 feet of them after bring told to stop is now on hold.

Kenton County dismissed felony rioting charges for 11 people who participated in a July 17 protest on the Roebling Bridge in Cincinnati. The remaining four still facing those charges were involved in a controversial arrest in which an officer punched a protester multiple times.

Homicides are falling dramatically in many U.S. cities, after a surge in 2020 and 2021. Analysts say a reinvestment in communities from local government after the pandemic's disruption is a key reason.

Five years after George Floyd's death sparked worldwide protests over police brutality and racism, NPR's Michel Martin reflects on Morning Edition's return to Minneapolis to examine what has changed.