Katie Crews, 30, was accused of employing excessive force in the moments leading up to the death of David McAtee, a cherished cook who provided LMPD officers with food while they were on their beats.
A former Louisville Metro Police Officer received two years of probation instead of a prison sentence in the 2020 killing of a beloved Black barbecue chef.
Katie Crews, 30, was accused of employing excessive force in the moments leading up to the death of David “YaYa” McAtee just after midnight on June 1, 2020. Crews was among the LMPD officers and Kentucky National Guard members responding to a crowd near McAtee’s restaurant following a 9 p.m. curfew that then-Mayor Greg Fischer implemented in response to protests over Breonna Taylor’s killing by police, today!
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