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File #: OR-004-20    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/13/2020 In control: Government Oversight and Audit Committee
On agenda: 7/14/2020 Final action: 7/14/2020
Title: AN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE ACTIONS AND INACTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR, THE DEATH OF DAVID MCATEE, AND RELATED PROTESTS IN LOUISVILLE METRO
Sponsors: Brent Ackerson (D-26), Anthony Piagentini (R-19)
Attachments: 1. OR-004-20 V.1 071420 Order Investigating Administration Actions-Inaction.pdf, 2. OR 003 2020.pdf, 3. Subpoena for Chief Robert Schroeder (approved for issuance on 8-3-20).pdf, 4. Subpoena for Chief Amy Hess (approved for issuance on 8-3-20).pdf
ORDER NO. SERIES 2020
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AN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE ACTIONS AND INACTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR, THE DEATH OF DAVID MCATEE, AND RELATED PROTESTS IN LOUISVILLE METRO
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SPONSORED BY: GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR BRENT ACKERSON AND VICE CHAIR ANTHONY PIAGENTINI
WHEREAS, in the early morning hours of March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor was shot and killed inside her home by the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD), part of Louisville Metro Government, and which reports to the Mayor;

WHEREAS, during a subsequent night of protests in Louisville Metro, David McAtee was shot and killed at his place of business by a Kentucky National Guard soldier working alongside LMPD;

WHEREAS, the protests sparked law-enforcement responses and actions that included the lethal use of force, projectile weapons, rubber bullets, pepper balls, tear gas, other chemical agents, and other techniques;

WHEREAS, much critical information about the planning, training, communication, and execution of no-knock search warrants that led to the raid of Breonna Taylor's home and her death has been withheld from the public citing ongoing investigations;

WHEREAS, information surrounding the planning, coordination, training, and execution of responses by activated National Guard personnel working in concert with LMPD has been withheld from the public citing ongoing investigations;

WHEREAS, the uncertainty of these months-long investigations with no additional information afforded the families or the public has sown distrust, unrest, and damage to our social fabric, the confidence in government, and general community morale;

WHEREAS, Metro Council and the public at large seek to better understand these events and surrounding circumstances by examining the role of, decisions made by, and orders given by any officers of the consolidated local government and any board or commission described in KRS ? 67C.103(13)(f), including but not limit...

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