Roberto Roldan

Louisville Politics & Government @WFPLNews. Florida man 🇵🇷. Formerly: @MyVPM @WUSF & more. Tips: [email protected]

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As the head of the Downtown Area Patrol, Stewart is a board member of the Louisville Downtown Partnership, an economic development nonprofit.

The org's exec director referred @courierjournal to LMPD's statement from yesterday.

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As reported by @LouPubMedia today, this same LMPD lieutenant issued an unlawful camping citation to a pregnant homeless woman even as she was in labor awaiting an ambulance.

"I don't for a second believe this woman is going into labor," he said.

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[Ryan Van Velzer @RyanVanVelzer]

She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day. https://t.co/BpliuDDQwr

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A Louisville police officer cited a woman for 'street camping' while she was in active labor and waiting for an ambulance to arrive. She gave birth later that day.

“What she needed was help and compassion and instead she was met with violence."

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In Louisville, the enforcement of Kentucky's "unlawful camping" law has largely fallen to one LMPD lieutenant.

That same LT is facing a 20-day suspension for not reporting a subordinate using a "choking technique" on a man with apparent mental illness.

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“Together we will build a safer, stronger Lousiville,” Humphrey says at the end of his comments.

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“At the end of the process, we expect the Louisville Metro Police Department will be a model police department…and a shining example of constitutional policing,” Clarke says.

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“I believe that having an independent monitor provides the opportunity to confirm” the reforms LMPD is already working on, Humphrey says.

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“Federal law is a floor, not the ceiling of what is possible,” Clarke says, encouraging activists and the community to demand better policing.

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City and the DOJ have jointly filed a complaint in federal court this morning that asks a judge to make the agreement a court order that is legally enforceable, Clarke says.

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In a now-deleted tweet, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announces that the city is signing a federal consent decree on policing reform. U.S. Department of Justice press conference is scheduled to start at 11:30am. @WFPLNews

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The city will be required, among other things, to improve its investigations of sexual assault and domestic violence, including investigations involving accusations against its own officers, Clarke says.

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U.S. Assistant AG Kristen Clarke begins her remarks by reminding everyone why we’re here: The DOJ investigation found LMPD engaged in discriminatory policing, violated people’s 1st and 4th amend rights, and used excessive force to punish & retaliate against people.

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“Louisville signs consent decree, starting lengthy police reform effort”

More updates to come. #StayTuned

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Here’s the city’s press release on the consent decree signing:

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Greenberg starts the presser saying that the decree addresses the city’s 3 concerns: Not handcuffing officers, specific goals and a pathway out of the agreement in five years or less.

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A group of housing advocates took over the Arthur Street Hotel – with a focus on housing first and treatment later. #MsReads via @guardian
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