Louisville council to investigate how the mayor's administration handled the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.
The probe will be conducted by the city's Government Oversight Committee, which has subpoena powers, the committee's leadership said at a Monday press conference.
The Metro Council is on summer break for the next two weeks, but it's possible a resolution could be filed when it returns mid-July. The next council meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. July 23.Asked whether the investigation was meant to build a case to remove Fischer from office, Ackerson said it was not.
Spokeswoman Jean Porter noted that the mayor has already authorized a"top-to-bottom" review of LMPD and a separate review of actions related to the Taylor case. Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot as police entered, thinking they were intruders, according to his attorney. Police returned fire, striking Taylor and killing her in her hallway.appealing that decision.
But Ackerson said the Metro Council's investigation would be different than others, in which findings are shielded until the work is complete, because it would be conducted in public with"TVs rolling." Both Ackerson and Councilman Anthony Piagentini, R-19th District, who vice-chairs the committee, criticized the lack of transparency coming from city officials and the county attorney, and suggested they would be open to subpoenaing documents that haven't been publicly released, such as Taylor's autopsy report.
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