🚨 Mayor of #Louisville: The body cameras of those involved in the shooting last night that killed David McAtee were NOT active.
— Cal Perry (@WarehouseCal) June 1, 2020
The Chief of Police has been relieved.
BREAKING: @louisvillemayor has fired Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad in the wake of last night's shooting death of David McAtee. pic.twitter.com/US3Blxcemg
— Paul Miles (@PaulMiles840) June 1, 2020
JUST IN: Man shot dead in Louisville after police & KY Nat'l Guard “returned fire” while clearing crowd in parking lot early Mon, police chief says; officers & soldiers "began to clear" lot and "were shot at,” he says; did not specify who fired fatal shot. https://t.co/KUM9ICaSHn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 1, 2020
"He would give law enforcement officers free meals."
— Jenée (@jdesmondharris) June 1, 2020
And they killed him.
Do me a favor and never talk about how "we just need black communities police to understand each other better" again. Thanks. https://t.co/HFC4DxsEcX
Ky Gov. Andy Beshear has called on law enforcement to release body camera footage as soon as possible so that "the people of Kentucky can decide whether this was justified or whether it is cause for more concern."https://t.co/9Qiz66Gq5G
— Tasneem Nashrulla (@TasneemN) June 1, 2020
Our police departments, all 18,000 of them, have been militarized.
We train our police in military tactics, dress them in combat gear, and then give them military weapons and equipment to use against us.
So why do we act surprised when they treat us like enemy combatants?
Joe Biden spoke today and said nothing about de-militarizing our police departments.
He said nothing about how to eliminate poverty, homelessness, income and wealth inequality, or Medicare For All.
Instead Joe blathered on about Neo-liberal solutions to problems that don’t exist.
Joe Biden is a train wreck and the Neo-liberals running his campaign are out of touch and incompetent.
Unfortunately we’re stuck with voting for Joe on November 3, because Trump is a lunatic and who must be replaced.