Corrupt LMPD

Louisville citizens who were murdered by the LMPD:

March 13, 1997. Robert Whitlow, 45, murdered by Rodney J. Estes.

January 6, 1998. Rodney Abernathy murdered by Maurice Hendricks, Fred Helm, and Derrick Leachman. Willie Williams didn’t shoot.

January 13, 1998. Fidencio Campos-Cruz murdered by multiple Louisville police officers.

January 7, 1999. Adrian Reynolds was murdered by Timothy Barnes, and 4 other unnamed Jailers in the basement of cellblock 6 of the County Jail. Adrian Reynold's face was smashed into the concrete by Barnes’ boot. 1 juror’s stubbornness stopped Barnes from being convicted. Adrian Reynold’s family was awarded $350,000.

May 13, 1999. Desmond Rudolph, 18 year old, was murdered by Chris Horn and Paul Kincade. $200,000 was paid to the family of Desmond Rudolph.

April 11, 2000. The Louisville Police Department announced that officers will be required to fill out a use-of-force report every time they charge someone with resisting arrest.

May 8, 2000. The Civilian police-review board ordinance was declared unconstitutional, because it included subpoena power, by Jefferson Circuit Judge Tom McDonald.

June 2000. The Board of Alderman agreed to appeal the decision against the civilian review to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

January 9, 2001. Clifford Lewis Jr. was murdered by a mob of wolf-packing plain clothes “VIPER” squad, similar to the rogue independent ungoverned-by-civilians militia running Louisville right now. Clifford Lewis Jr. was jumped by a wave of white men with guns drawn, at least 6 thugs, who never identified themselves as police. Johann Steimle was the only one charged with a crime.

February 2001. Antwan D. Bryant, 20 years old, murdered by unnamed assailants.

August 22, 2002. Marshall Marbly murdered by James Kaufling, Patty Hanifen, Jefferson Atkins, and Eric Johnson.

October 30, 2002. Jason Cravens, 32 years old, murdered by Clayton Patton.

December 5, 2002. James Edward Taylor, 50 years old, while handcuffed and sitting on a chair, was murdered by Michael O’Neil.

January 4, 2004. Michael Newby, 19 year old, shot 3 times in the back because of a “drug deal gone bad” (Mattingly) . Mckenzie Mattingly received $60,000 to stay off the police force (Robert White). $250,000 was awarded to Michael Newby’s mother to settle a lawsuit.

2008. Obama is elected, and all racism in America is finally over.

April 21, 2011. Little, tiny, sickly, 45 year old, sickle cell anemic, Leon Brackens was murdered by 4 unidentified Louisville police officers on the Watterson Expressway, where Breckenridge Lane intersects it. 26 Louisville public officials are named in the civil lawsuit.

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Those who murdered:

March 13, 1997. Rodney J. Estes submachine gunned Robert Whitlow, 45 years old, dead.

January 6, 1998. Maurice Hendricks, Fred Helm, and Derrick Leachman killed Rodney Abernathy, two weeks after Christmas. Willie Williams didn’t shoot.

January 13, 1998. Multiple unidentified Louisville police murdered Fidencio Campos-Cruz 3 weeks after Christmas.

January 7, 1999. Timothy Barnes, and 4 other unnamed Jailers in the basement of cellblock 6 of the County Jail, murdered Adrian Reynolds, two weeks after Christmas. Adrian Reynold's face was smashed into the concrete by Barnes’ boot. 1 juror’s stubbornness stopped Barnes from being convicted. Adrian Reynold’s family was awarded $350,000.

May 13, 1999. Chris Horn and Paul Kincade murdered Desmond Rudolph, 18 year old. $200,000 was paid to the family of Desmond Rudolph.

April 11, 2000. The Louisville Police Department announced that officers will be required to fill out a use-of-force report every time they charge someone with resisting arrest.

May 8, 2000. The Civilian police-review board ordinance was declared unconstitutional, because it included subpoena power, by Jefferson Circuit Judge Tom McDonald.

June 2000. The Board of Alderman agreed to appeal the decision against the civilian review to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

January 9, 2001. Johann Steimle and his wolf-packing plain clothes “VIPER” squad mob, similar to the rogue independent ungoverned-by-civilians militia running Louisville right now, executed Clifford Lewis Jr. Clifford Lewis Jr. was jumped by a wave of white men with guns drawn, at least 7 thugs, who never identified themselves as police. Johann Steimle was the only one charged with a crime.

February 2001. An unidentified officer murdered Antwan D. Bryant, 20 years old.  

August 22, 2002. James Kaufling, Patty Hanifen, Jefferson Atkins, and Eric Johnson murdered Marshall Marbly.

October 30, 2002. Clayton Patton murdered Jason Cravens, 32 years old.

December 5, 2002. Michael O’Neil murdered James Edward Taylor, 50 years old, while handcuffed and sitting on a chair, 20 days before Christmas.

January 4, 2004. Mckenzie Mattingly murdered Michael Newby, 19 year old, shot 3 times in the back, because of a “drug deal gone bad” (Mattingly). Mckenzie Mattingly received $60,000 to stay off the police force (Robert White). $250,000 was awarded to Michael Newby’s mother to settle a lawsuit.

2008. Obama is elected, and all racism in America is finally over.

April 21, 2011. 4 unidentified white male Louisville police officers murdered Leon Bracken on the Henry “KKK” Watterson Expressway, where “Pro-Slavery” Breckenridge Road intersects it. 26 Louisville public officials are named in the civil lawsuit.

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Too many shots:

Rodney Abernathy, shot at dozens of times, and hit 15 times, including head shot, which killed him.

Desmond Rudolph, 18 year old, 22 shots, hit 10 times.

Clifford Lewis Jr., 18 year old, shot at 13 times, hit 7 times; 3 times in the front, and 4 times in the back.

Marshall Marbly hit by 16 shots.

Michael Newby, 3 shots in the back

Plain Clothes:

Clifford Lewis Jr.

Michael Newby

No Grand Jury Indictment:

Robert Abernathy

Desmond Rudolph

Antwan D. Bryant (Stengel)

Jason Cravens

Robert Whitlow

Fidencio Campos-Cruz.

James Edward Taylor

Clifford Lewis Jr.

Unarmed:

Robert Abernathy

Adrian Reynolds

Desmond Rudolph

Antwan D. Bryant

No drugs:

Robert Abernathy

Adrian Reynolds

Desmond Rudolph

Antwan D. Bryant

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Susan Jean King, an innocent, is in jail currently?

Louisville (KY) Metro Police Detective Barron Morgan heard Richard Jarrell’s confession and immediately told his supervisor, the Commonwealth’s Attorney, and after they ignored him, people’s hero Barron Morgan informed the Kentucky Innocence Project.  Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad, lead case detective Todd Harwood, and the police department did not want Richard Jarrell’s confession to be known to anyone, especially the Kentucky Innocence Project. Barron Morgan contacted the Kentucky Innocence Project after Harwood refused to interview Jarrell and told Louisville detectives that “we were opening a can of worms,” Morgan later told the assistant chief in a memo.  Morgan said that, when he re-interviewed Jarrell the next week, Jarrell told him that Harwood had come to talk to him but had given him the impression “he wanted him to keep his mouth shut.”  Harwood denied he discouraged Jarrell from cooperating but was unable to produce a recording of the interview, saying he had lost his tape recorder. After Kentucky State Police complained in May that the detective was interfering with King’s conviction, which came after the crime went unsolved for eight years, Conrad ordered an investigation, according to the documents, which Morgan’s lawyer, Thomas Clay, obtained under an open-records request.  “I understand the need for justice, but I’m not sure I understand contact with an outside group before we know what we’re dealing with,” Conrad wrote to his assistant chiefs on May 28. “Unless there was some compelling reason for Detective Morgan to contact the Innocents (sic) Project, we need to initiate an internal investigation to understand why he didn’t treat the information in a confidential manner,” Conrad wrote to his deputies later the same day.  The next day, Maj. David P. Ray told Assistant Chief Kenton Buckner in an email that he had spoken to a Kentucky State Police lieutenant colonel and “apologized on behalf of LMPD for Morgan sticking his nose in this.” Police Chief Conrad now says that the emails were only an “initial reaction” and Morgan “should have taken this situation up the chain of command.”  However, Conrad’s claim is contradicted a judge’s statement that Morgan only shared the confession after consulting with his supervisor and the county commonwealth attorney’s office. The Kentucky State Police contacted the Louisville Metro Police Department in May and demanded that it bar one of its detectives from cooperating with the Innocence Project.  Testifying in July during a hearing on King’s motion for a new trial, KSP Lt. Jeff Medley acknowledged that his captain ordered him to ask Louisville Metro Police commanders to call off Barron Morgan because “he hadn’t investigated the case and didn’t know all the facts.”

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Kerry Porter, imprisoned for murder, is exonerated, freed after 14 years.

Louisville Courier Journal, 12/19/11, by: Andrew Wolfson. After serving 14 years behind bars for a murder he insisted he didn’t commit, a stunned Kerry Porter learned Monday that he was exonerated and hours later was released from prison. “He was virtually speechless,” said Melanie Lowe, who won Porter’s exoneration after a five-year battle. He said it was a lot to take in … and that he was a little nervous” about returning to the real world, she said. “He’s never held a cell phone or seen a flat-screen TV.” Jefferson Circuit Judge Irv Maze signed an order dismissing Porter’s conviction and ordering him released “immediately and without delay” in the 1996 murder of Tyrone Camp. That came after Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Stengel agreed to clear Porter. “We have finally come to the conclusion that Kerry Porter did not commit the offense,” Stengel said at a news conference. Kerry Porter, who was serving 60 years for murder at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty — and wouldn’t have been eligible for release until 2040 — has always maintained that another man, Juan Leotis Sanders, was responsible for Camp’s slaying. Stengel said his office hopes to charge others for the murder and has several suspects, whom he wouldn’t name. But Lowe and Stengel offered starkly contrasting explanations for what led to Porter’s wrongful conviction. Lowe blamed it on “investigative tunnel vision” on the part of police and the prosecution, while Stengel said Porter destroyed his own credibility by making up a story that he was with his girlfriend at the time of the crime. She turned out to have been in a drug-rehab clinic.

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William Gregory was freed in 2000 when newly available DNA testing showed he had been unjustly convicted seven years earlier for rape and attempted rape, he sued the city of Louisville and the state and won settlements totaling $4.6 million.

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Edwin Chandler was awarded by a Louisville jury of $8.5 million.

Major told WAVE 3 he hopes this case spurs lawmakers and legal experts to take a closer look at the death penalty and legislation that dictates how police interrogations are conducted.

Eight-and-a-half million dollars for nine years a Louisville man never should have spent behind bars -- that's the settlement reached between the city and a man convicted and then exonerated for murder. It’s the largest wrongful-conviction settlement in Louisville in years.

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In 1982, Michael VonAllmen was arrested and charged with rape and related crimes. After serving 11 in prison for the crime, he was released on parole. In 2010, courts overruled the conviction. In 2011, VanAllman sued the police department over the case, claiming misconduct had led to his false conviction.