4 shot in ‘broad daylight’ near downtown Louisville
A shooting in Kentucky’s largest city on Wednesday left one person dead and three others seriously injured, police said. Survivors and families of victims sue gun store that sold AR-15s to Louisville bank shooting Louisville Metro Police Deputy Chief Stephen Healy told news outlets that all four victims were in a vehicle near downtown when […]
A Black man in Louisville sues police for wrongful arrest and excessive force
A 21-year-old black man has filed a lawsuit accusing police officers of a chaotic police department in Kentucky's largest city of false arrest and excessive force. Lawyers said in a lawsuit filed this month in Jefferson Circuit Court that Louisville Metro Police Department officers arrested Jamael Benedict last year as he walked on the sidewalk […]
Louisville sued by local paper over police records
A Kentucky newspaper has sued the state's largest city seeking access to police records cited in a federal investigation. The Courier-Journal reported Monday that it filed a lawsuit against the Louisville metro government after city police failed to respond to search warrant applications cited in the Justice Department report. Kentucky's open records law gives agencies […]