A former Louisville police officer blamed for instigating a conflict that led to the fatal shooting of a Black barbecue restaurant owner during the Breonna Taylor protests has pleaded guilty to using excessive force.
Katie R. Crews, 29, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to a misdemeanor. She was indicted in March on a felony excessive force charge that carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Crews, who is white, was fired by Louisville police earlier this year for escalating a conflict the night of restaurant owner David McAtee's death and for a separate incident where she taunted protesters on social media.
McAtee's death furthered the anger of protesters who had began massing in Louisville's downtown streets in 2020 over the death of Taylor, a Black EMT killed by police who knocked down her door while executing a drug search warrant.
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