Louisville's police chief has been fired after it was discovered that the body cameras of officers potentially involved in a fatal shooting during Sunday night's protests were not activated
Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad speaks in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, in 2019. Alton Strupp/Courier Journal/USA Today Network
Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad was relieved of his duties Monday after it was discovered the body cameras of officers potentially involved in a fatal shooting during Sunday night’s protests were not activated, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said at a news conference. “As I learned about some of the details of what happened last night, I learned that the body cameras of the officers were not activated,” Fischer said. “This type of institutional failure will not be tolerated. Accordingly, I have relieved Steve Conrad of his duties as chief of Louisville Metro Police Department.”
According to a statement from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the Louisville Metro Police Department and Kentucky National Guard troops were dispatched to the corner of 26th Street and Broadway in Louisville, and were fired upon by protesters as they worked to disperse the crowd. Officers and guardsman returned fire and fatally struck one person, Beshear said in a statement.“We lost a wonderful citizen named David McAtee, David was a friend to many, a well-known Barbecue man,” Fischer said.
“Our heart and prayers go out to David and his family during this very, very difficult time and again I'm extraordinarily, extraordinarily sorry,” Fischer said.
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