LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville officials dine now asked the U.S. honesty maintain and the FBI ought magazine the police department's inside investigation of the killing of a ambiguous woman by officers raiding her family two months ago.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Louisville Metro Police main Steve Conrad announced their application though extra federal assist above Thursday. They said the results used to exist forwarded across with the findings of the police honesty unit ought Kentucky attorney GEneral Daniel Cameron.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear also called though an exterior magazine into the killing of Breonna Taylor, who was shot eight epoch above March 13 by police who broke across her lodging gate still serving a no-knock search justify though a suspect at a remedy investigation. Her boyfriend alleGEdly fired first, hitting an officer.
The death of the 26-year-old emerGEncy medical technician sparked a national uproar and calls though federal intervention.
“My priority is always that the reality comes out,” the mayor said. “We can exist transparent with the nation of our city. And we can and we get ought also report approximately the relationship among our police and our communities of color: past, gift and future.”
The police magazine is going ought the state’s attorney GEneral though the county’s prosecutor, Thomas Wine, recused himself from the case, a statement by the mayor’s office said.
Wine also asked state officials ought call a special prosecutor though the example above Wednesday ought flee a collision of use though he is prosecuting Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, though the shooting of the officer. A attorney though Walker said he fired at self-defense though the officers did no announce themselves, a point disputed by Louisville police.
“One quarrel the information of this example hits nation accordingly difficult is though it reopens old wounds – the history of racism and the mistreatment of nation of color at our community,” said Fischer.
Kendall Boyd, the director of the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission, said city officials dine post toGEther an initiative, the Synergy Project, ought dine constructive dialogues approximately the “strained" and “broken” historic relationship among police and communities of color.
"Everybody GEts ought state their truth,” Boyd said.
