Louisville, home of Breonna Taylor, has its first Black female full-time police chief
LA TimesJacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, the interim police chief in Louisville, Ky., has now been named chief, the first Black woman in the position. The new police chief in Louisville, Ky., will be the first Black woman to lead the embattled department full-time, bringing fresh hope to a force under a federal consent decree after years of scrutiny following the police shooting of Breonna Taylor in 2020. A Justice Department report found that the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government and Louisville Metro Police Department “engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of their rights under the Constitution and federal law.” The report said the police department “discriminates against Black people in its enforcement activities,” uses excessive force and conducts searches based on invalid warrants. Former interim Chief Yvette Gentry became the first Black woman to serve in that role when she was hired in 2020, following another interim chief who had succeeded Conrad.
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