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A jury on Friday found a former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights in a botched raid that led to her death, NBC affiliate WAVE of Louisville reported. The jury earlier Friday found Brett Hankison not guilty of a second count that accused him of violating the civil rights of Taylor’s neighbor. Prosecutors had accused Hankison of shooting blindly into Taylor’s apartment, though he was not charged with fatally shooting her. Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor's apartment during the raid but none hit anyone. In the current trial, the jury found Hankison not guilty of violating the neighbor’s rights and then returned to deliberate on the count regarding Taylor herself.

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☆ Kentucky judge dismisses core charges against two former officers connected to Breonna Taylor's death
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A judge in Kentucky has dismissed core charges against two former Louisville police officials involved in the raid that ended in Breonna Taylor's death. Judge Charles R. Simpson III of western Kentucky's U.S. District Court on Thursday said Taylor's death was triggered by the actions of her boyfriend, who opened fire when police arrived outside her Louisville apartment March 13, 2020. "Those violations resulted in Ms. Taylor’s death," he said in a statement at the time. Jaynes and Meany weren't at the raid, and her death was more directly tied to Walker's decision to open fire, the judge wrote. "The Court finds that the warrantless entry was not the actual cause of Taylor’s death," he wrote in his decision.

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☆ Charges dropped against Scottie Scheffler after arrest outside PGA Championship
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Brody Miller | Brian Bennett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

1 golfer Scottie Scheffler on Wednesday, as county attorney Mike O’Connell said the office would not pursue criminal action following Scheffler’s arrest during a traffic jam outside the PGA Championship. “Scottie Scheffler doesn’t want the taxpayers of Louisville to have to pay a dime,” Romines said. Scheffler had faced charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic. His play declined in the third round with a 73, but Scheffler finished the PGA Championship tied for eighth place. GO DEEPER Inside the most bizarre day in major golf with the arrest of Scottie Scheffler(Photo: Michael Reaves / Getty Images)

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☆ All charges dropped against golf champ Scottie Scheffler in Louisville case
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Scottie Scheffler hits from the 6th tee during the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 23, 2024. Kentucky prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all criminal charges against golf champ Scottie Scheffler related to his controversial arrest May 17 as he tried to drive into the club hosting the PGA Championship in Louisville. "Based on the totality of the evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler," Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell told a judge. O'Connell also said, "Mr. Scheffler's characterization that this was, quote, 'a big misunderstanding,' unquote, is corroborated by the evidence." Scheffler, 27, who is the world's top-ranked golfer, had faced charges of felony assault on a police officer and reckless driving in the case.

Persons: Scottie Scheffler, Charles Schwab, Scheffler, Mike O'Connell, O'Connell, Bryan Gillis, Gillis, Steve Romines Organizations: Colonial Country Club, Mr, Louisville, Valhalla Golf, ESPN Locations: Fort Worth , Texas, Kentucky, Louisville, Jefferson

Louisville, Kentucky CNN —All charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed less than two weeks after the world No. “Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler,” County Attorney Mike O’Connell said Wednesday in court. “He’s glad it’s over,” Romines said of Scheffler, who lives in Texas and had permission to miss Wednesday’s hearing. It appears to show an officer read Scheffler his Miranda rights before questioning the golfer about the incident. The officer, Detective Bryan Gillis, stopped Scheffler and attempted to give instructions.

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Louisville police released two videos Thursday showing some of the arrest of star golfer Scottie Scheffler last week and announced the detective who arrested him was disciplined for not turning on his body-worn camera at the time. The Louisville Metro Police Department released video from a police dashcam showing two officers escorting a handcuffed Scottie Scheffler last Friday. Our position is the same as it was last Friday: Scottie Scheffler didn’t do anything wrong. What we know about the arrestDespite the arrest, Scottie Scheffler finished the PGA Championship tied for 8th place. The officer, identified as Gillis, stopped Scheffler and “attempted to give instructions,” the report states.

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☆ Golf champ Scottie Scheffler arrest video released, officer broke body camera rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Scottie Scheffler arrives to the course during the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 17, 2024. Detective Bryan Gillis "should have turned on his body-worn camera but did not," Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a press conference. The footage came from a pole camera and a police car dashboard camera. Some legal analysts expected the press conference to announce the reduction of felony charges against Scheffler. Scheffler's lawyer, Steven Romines, after the press conference said, "Scottie Scheffler didn't do anything wrong."

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☆ First on CNN: Top police officials privately expressed charges against golfer Scottie Scheffler should be reduced - source
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Gabe Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —High ranking police officials in Louisville, Kentucky, have privately voiced concerns that the felony charge against world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler – who reportedly tried to drive around the scene of a fatal crash – is excessive, a source familiar with the discussions told CNN. It’s the first indication some top brass at the Louisville Metro Police Department believe the charges against Scheffler should be reduced. There will be action taken.”O’Connell’s office is facing growing pressure from other local officials to reassess the charges against Scheffler. Louisville Councilmember Anthony Piagentini, who represents the district where Scheffler was arrested, told CNN he believes the case is being overcharged.

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☆ Scottie Scheffler climbs PGA Championship leaderboard hours after arrest
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Brody Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Scheffler faces charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic. Scheffler’s arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday at 9 a.m., according to online court records, two days after the PGA Championship is scheduled to end. The PGA of America and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in separate statements that their primary concern was with Mills’ family. AdvertisementWhen Scheffler stopped the car, an officer opened the door to arrest him, Darlington reported. Scheffler, the defending Masters champion and winner of four of his last five starts, entered Friday tied for 12th place.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 21-year-old Black man has filed a lawsuit accusing officers in the embattled police department of Kentucky's largest city of wrongful arrest and excessive force. The suit asserts that officers had “no reasonable suspicion or probable cause” to make the arrest in connection with the stolen vehicle and a stolen gun found nearby. “LMPD is committed to providing fair, equitable, and constitutional police services to the people of Louisville,” the statement said. The Justice Department report said the Louisville police department “discriminates against Black people in its enforcement activities,” uses excessive force and conducts searches based on invalid warrants. A consent decree between the Justice Department and Louisville Police, which would allow a federal judge to oversee policing reforms, has not been finalized.

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Sturgeon wrote that it “was so easy” to purchase the assault rifle, a Radical Firearms RF-15, from a Louisville gun store, according to the police file. He wrote that he was “very sick” and suggested that he had lied about his health to avoid further treatment or institutionalization. Another officer shot and killed the gunman in the lobby. Sturgeon was shot by an officer in the right arm twice, the left leg once and once in the head, according to the report. Investigators determined that the actions of the officer who shot Sturgeon were not criminal, the report said.

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☆ Mistrial declared for Kentucky officer charged in Breonna Taylor killing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Brad Brooks | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison poses for a booking photograph at Shelby County Detention Center in Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S. September 23, 2020. Shelby County Detention Center/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 16 (Reuters) - The federal civil rights trial of a former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer charged in the 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose killing fueled a wave of racial justice protests, was declared a mistrial on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declared the mistrial in the trial of Brett Hankison - charged with civil rights violations for allegedly using excessive force - after the jury told her they could not reach an unanimous verdict. Hankison was the only officer of the three who fired their weapons to face criminal charges. One of the other officers charged - Kelly Goodlett - pleaded guilty last year.

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☆ Jury Deadlocks on Officer Charged With Violating Breonna Taylor’s Rights
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs | More About Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The prosecution of Brett Hankison, the former police detective who fired 10 bullets through Breonna Taylor’s apartment during a fatal 2020 raid in Louisville, Ky., ended in a mistrial on Thursday after the jury said it could not reach a unanimous verdict on federal civil rights charges. It was the second time that Mr. Hankison had gone to trial on charges related to the case and avoided a conviction. The Justice Department charged Mr. Hankison last year after a jury found him not guilty of state charges of endangering Ms. Taylor’s neighbors by firing several times through a covered window and a sliding-glass door during a nighttime police raid. Two other Louisville police officers, both of whom were white, shot Ms. Taylor, a Black 26-year-old emergency room technician whose death led to massive protests against racism and police violence in Louisville and elsewhere. Mr. Hankison, who is also white, did not strike anyone with his gunfire, but some of his bullets entered a neighboring apartment where a pregnant woman, her boyfriend and her 5-year-old son were sleeping.

Persons: Brett Hankison, Hankison, Ms, Taylor Organizations: Justice Department, Louisville Locations: Louisville, Ky

☆ Southern Baptist Leaders Quietly Seek Shield From Abuse Suits
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Ruth Graham | More About Ruth Graham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For six months, almost no one took notice of the brief filed quietly by Southern Baptists in a case winding its way to the Kentucky Supreme Court. The woman later sued several parties, including the Louisville Police Department, saying they knew about the abuse and had a duty to report it. None of it appeared to have anything to do with the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. The brief, reported by The Louisville Courier-Journal in October, landed like a bombshell in Southern Baptist circles. The brief, abuse survivors and those critical of the church say, offers the first clear look at the church’s true position on whether its leaders can be held accountable for abuse.

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☆ First Trial in the Death of Elijah McClain Expected to Start This Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Audra D. S. Burch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Why It MattersMr. McClain’s death in August 2019 drew new scrutiny after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis nine months later. The May 2020 killing of Mr. Floyd, videotaped by a bystander, ignited a national movement around police brutality and racial injustice. Mr. McClain’s death was quickly linked with the deaths of Mr. Floyd and Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker who was shot and killed by the Louisville police in a botched no-knock raid. In addition, the death of Mr. McClain set in motion multiple investigations into the Aurora Police Department resulting in a state consent decree as well as local reform efforts. At the time the police stopped Mr. McClain, he was wearing a dark mask (his mother said he had anemia which could make him cold) and waving his arms.

Persons: McClain’s, George Floyd, Floyd, Breonna Taylor, McClain Organizations: Louisville police, Aurora Police Department Locations: Minneapolis

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Varshan Brown was charged with murder and taken to trial after sheriff's deputies fatally shot his cousin in a violent drug raid at Brown's southeast Georgia home. But jurors concluded the death of his cousin, Latoya James, wasn't Brown's fault. James was killed May 4, 2021, after deputies with a search warrant for drugs came to Brown's darkened home at about 5 a.m. Body camera video released prior to the trial showed deputies announcing themselves and then immediately forcing their way inside. He was the only deputy equipped with a body camera during the raid, Higgins said.

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I appreciate the fact that he's going to now oversee the Louisville Metro Police Department," she said. "The DOJ had a completely separate responsibility from what we did in terms of our investigation in Louisville. A year after Taylor's death, the Justice Department opened an investigation into the Louisville police department to look at whether it had a "pattern or practice" of unconstitutional policing. The findings resulted in a "consent decree," an agreement between the Justice Department and the police department on steps the force has to take to rectify those findings. No officers were directly charged with killing Taylor under Kentucky law after Cameron's office presented the case to a grand jury.

☆ Louisville shooter legally purchased rifle -police
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Community members attend a vigil at Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church following a mass shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey DeanApril 11 (Reuters) - The 23-year-old bank employee who shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday legally purchased the rifle, Louisville Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday. Louisville police responded within minutes to reports of an attacker on Monday morning at the bank office near Slugger Field baseball stadium. Sturgeon grew up in southern Indiana, just north of Louisville, according to his mother's Facebook page. Those statistics use the definition of four or more shot or killed, not including the shooter - according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive.

☆ Watch: Louisville Police Release Bank Shooting Body-Camera Footage
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

AI Hallucinations to Befriending Chatbots: Your Questions AnsweredThere is so much changing in artificial intelligence right now and generative AI is raising a lot of new questions. WSJ tech reporter Karen Hao joins host Zoe Thomas to answer listener questions on AI. This is the second episode of Tech News Briefing’s series “Artificially Minded”. New episodes drop every Monday in April. Illustration: Getty Images

☆ Biting dogs and violence: Five takeaways from the Louisville police probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Here are five takeaways from the report:BITING DOGSLouisville police deploy dogs against people who don't pose a threat, and allow the dogs to continue biting after the suspect surrenders, the report found. It cited an instance where an officer ordered his dog to bite a 14-year-old Black teen who was not resisting. NECK RESTRAINTSThe investigation found that Louisville police use dangerous neck restraints against people who pose no threat. It cited a case in which police responded to the scene of an elderly Black man "dancing in the street." In one such case, police responding to a domestic violence disturbance call regarding a Black man.

Companies Us Justice Department FollowWASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - The Louisville, Kentucky, police force routinely discriminates against Black residents, uses excessive force and conducts illegal searches, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday, following a probe prompted by Breonna Taylor's death in 2020. Some Louisville police officers even filmed themselves insulting people with disabilities and describing Black people as "monkeys," the Justice Department said. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenburg told reporters the Justice Department's report brought back "painful memories" and vowed to implement reforms. Under Garland's leadership, the Justice Department has sought to reinvigorate its civil rights enforcement program, an area civil rights advocates say was left in tatters by the former administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump. The Justice department has since restored their use, and launched multiple civil rights investigations into police departments, local jails and prisons across the country.

☆ Louisville cops called Black people racial slurs and videotaped themselves throwing drinks at pedestrians from their police cars, explosive DOJ probe finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Jack Newsham | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

LMPD officers threw drinks at pedestrians from their cars and called Black people racial slurs. The DOJ report on Louisville Metro Police published Wednesday details various horrific incidents. The DOJ investigation continued: "Some officers have videotaped themselves throwing drinks at pedestrians from their cars; insulted people with disabilities; and called Black people 'monkeys,' 'animal,' and 'boy.'" The Justice Department mentioned an incident where a police officer used a swear word and called Black men "monkeys" but was not disciplined because he retired. The Justice Department said the officer was verbally reprimanded, but investigators didn't ask whether the use of the word "animal" reflected racial bias.

Companies Us Justice Department FollowWASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - The Louisville, Kentucky police department whose officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in 2020 routinely discriminates against Black residents, uses excessive force and conducts illegal searches, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday. At a news conference, Garland said the department had reached a "consent decree" with the Louisville police, which will require the use of an independent monitor to oversee policing reforms. Garland said some Louisville police officers had demonstrated disrespect to the people they are sworn to protect, with some insulting people with disabilities and describing Black people as "monkeys." Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was asleep in bed with her boyfriend on March 13, 2020, when Louisville police executing a no-knock warrant burst into her apartment. In 2022, former Louisville detective Kelly Goodlett pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges that she helped falsify the search warrant that led to Taylor's death.

☆ Tyre Nichols' death has reignited the debate around police brutality. Here are 5 proven ways to reduce it - and 2 strategies that don't work.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Michelle Mark | Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Here are five proven, data-based changes that could make a difference, and two approaches that don't seem to work, according to Campaign Zero. Track complaints about officers' use of forceMost complaints against officers aren't public, making them hard to track. These changes, along with requiring departments to report and publish online data on all uses of force, could reduce police violence. Body cameras are another method that haven't been proven effective when it comes to excessive force instances. Research has shown that 93% of prosecutors' offices have used body cameras mostly in cases against citizens, not against police.

Democrat Craig Greenberg is running against Republican Bill Dieruf in Louisville, Kentucky's mayoral race. On abortion, Greenberg — who clinched Planned Parenthood's endorsement — has said he wouldn't use the Louisville police "to be the enforcement arm of Kentucky's extreme abortion ban." Dieruf, who defeated three opponents in the Republican primary with 78% of the vote, is currently serving as Jeffersontown mayor. If elected, he would be the first Republican mayor Louisville has elected in nearly six decades. On the campaign finance front, Greenberg and Dieruf combined spent nearly $550,000 from mid-September to mid-October, according to the Kentucky Registry of Finance.

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