- Since 1997 at least 10 Black or Latino Men have been Killed by Louisville Police - No Officers have been Convicted [more]
The Louisville Metro Police Department
has struck a deal that will ensure former Officer McKenzie Mattingly
won't ever be back on the police force. The family of the drug suspect
he shot to death says they're shocked and upset by the deal. In January
2004 Mattingly shot 19-year old Michael Newby. Metro Police said the
shooting occurred during an undercover drug bust gone bad. Mattingly
was later fired but a jury acquitted him on murder charges. He
petitioned to get his job back. Now he has apparently struck a deal
with the LMPD in which he'll receive about $60,000 in back pay and will
stop trying to be reinstated as an officer. Newby's family is upset
because they didn't even know the deal was being negotiated. Newby's
mother, Angela Bouggess said, "When it came to this thing right here,
we didn't have no idea any of this was going on, then bam! Smack in the
settlement he's getting $60,000." LMPD chief Robert White said, "From
my perspective what's the most important thing is McKenzie Mattingly is
not a police officer in our department and that goal was met today." [more]
- Mattingly hopes Newby's survivors will forgive him [more]
Newby's family rejects offer to settle lawsuit against city
Louisville metro government has
offered to settle a $5 million wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the
family of Michael Newby, the 19-year-old man shot by former police
Detective McKenzie Mattingly during an undercover drug deal in January
2004. The civil suit was filed against Mattingly and the metro
government last March. Newby's family said last night that the city had
offered them $200,000, a figure that city officials confirmed. The
family rejected that offer, said spokesman Christopher 2X. Mayor Jerry
Abramson said yesterday that both sides have agreed to send the matter
to mediation. "We'll see what happens now," 2X said. [more]
