Where Lots of Police Shootings Draw Little Scrutiny

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Louisville Metro Police—whose officers killed Breonna Taylor—shot and killed 20 people from 2015 through 2020. Kentucky State police fatally shot 41 people in the same period, but Louisville police receive far more public scrutiny.

Where Lots of Police Shootings Draw Little Scrutiny
The Kentucky State Police fatally shot 41 people from 2015 through 2020, more than any other law enforcement agency in the state.
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1:25 PM · Oct 1, 2021

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/08/19/where-lots-of-police-shootings-draw-little-scrutiny

PINE TOP, Kentucky — Just before sunset on Oct. 22, 2015, 53-year-old Stephen Brock was walking up and down the narrow gravel road near his trailer home, yelling, cursing and praying.

Neighbors later told police that Brock was erratic — nice one day, agitated the next. Many were aware he suffered from mental illness. But when they heard Brock making threats as he paced that evening, carrying what some thought was a gun, a neighbor called 911.

Kentucky State Trooper Luke Pridemore drove alone to the scene in rural Knott County. He found Brock hiding behind a bush, shouting that the government wasn’t going to take his land, and threatening to shoot, according to police records. The trooper returned to his patrol car and retrieved an M16 assault rifle.

Brock kept one of his hands behind his back and Pridemore thought it held a gun, he later told investigators. He fired three shots, killing Brock.

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