Worry and fear about gun violence are widespread in the United States, where most families have been affected by a gun-related incident, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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A 26-year-old rookie Louisville police officer — who graduated from the police academy just 11 days ago — was hospitalized after being shot in the head while responding to a mass shooting Monday at a downtown bank that left five people dead and others injured, police said.
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A gunman opened fire at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, Monday morning, killing four people and sending nine to the hospital before he died by gunfire at the scene, Louisville Metro Police Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said.
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(CNN) — Former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison, who was involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, is being accused of sexual assault, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, calls Hankison a “sexual predator” who “used his police uniform and secondary nightclub employment as mechanisms to prey on […]
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(CNN) — The officers involved in the botched raid in which Breonna Taylor was killed announced themselves as police multiple times before forcing their way into her apartment, according to recordings of grand jury testimony released Friday. The unusual, court-ordered disclosure provides what Attorney General Daniel Cameron called “a complete picture of the events” surrounding her […]
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Breonna Taylor’s family says they’re heartbroken and outraged following the Kentucky attorney general’s announcement that no officers are being charged directly in the killing of the 26-year-old aspiring nurse. “I was reassured Wednesday of why I have no faith in the legal system, in the police, in the law — that are not made to protect us Black […]
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Protesters demanding justice for Breonna Taylor marched for a third night in Louisville on Friday, walking until lines of police stood in their way. As the marchers moved along a downtown street, police officers set up two restraining lines. Several flash bang devices exploded near the crowd. Timothy Findlay, a pastor who organized a protest at […]
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Two Louisville police officers were shot Wednesday night near a protest, Interim Police Chief Robert Schroeder told reporters. Schroeder said police were responding to reports of gunfire and the two officers suffered non-life-threatening wounds. A suspect is in custody, according to Schroeder. Protesters took to the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday, amid a countywide […]
