Internal Probe of Fatal Shooting Clears Officers
Two white police detectives will keep their jobs after an internal investigation cleared them of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a handcuffed black man.
Louisville Police Chief Robert White said that the actions of Dets. Michael O’Neil and James Luckett were consistent with department policy.
A grand jury had declined to indict the detectives, prompting civil rights protests this year.
Luckett, White said, will be given a written reprimand for not having his handcuffs on his person on Dec. 5, when O’Neil shot James Taylor 11 times.
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