The heavy-handed measure, a direct response to the protests provoked by the shooting of Breonna Taylor, looks like an attempt to deter constitutionally protected activity.
Courts have widely upheld the First Amendment right to hurl choice words or gestures at police.
Louisville's police chief wants to fire an officer who shot Taylor and a detective who "lied" in the search warrant affidavit.
The justices emphasized that K-12 schools are currently scheduled to reopen after winter break.
And in a three-way race for governor in Indiana, Libertarian Donald Rainwater gets more than 13 percent and wins more than 20 counties.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said "the grand jury agreed" that indicting the two officers who shot Taylor was inappropriate.
The detective who obtained the search warrant cited the deliveries to falsely implicate Taylor in drug trafficking.
Drug warriors gratuitously created the chaotic situation that state prosecutors say justified the use of deadly force.
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The hail of bullets that killed her can be justified only in a country that uses violence to enforce politicians' pharmacological prejudices.
The charges are not for killing Taylor, but rather endangering her neighbors with wild shots.
The overlap suggests a pattern of shoddy investigation and reckless paramilitary tactics in Louisville.
An encounter between militias in Louisville shows the enduring practical and symbolic importance of the right to armed self-defense.
Elizabeth Linscott, who tested positive for COVID-19, says she objected to the wording of the health department's isolation orders.
She would still be alive if politicians did not insist on using violence to enforce their pharmacological prejudices.
The 24-year-old real estate investor Madison Cawthorn also won his primary over Trump-backed businesswoman Lynda Bennett.
The information in the no-knock warrant application was based purely on guilt by association.
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The officers who shot David McAtee had their body cameras turned off.
The federal government is reviewing the department's investigation into the botched drug raid.
Louisville Metro Police Department said officers identified themselves in a no-knock raid. Neighbors said that's not true.
A federal judge defended religious freedom by blocking a misguided ban on drive-in Easter services.
Not even the coronavirus pandemic can stop local governments' NIMBYism.
From doxxing people with the new coronavirus to making diagnosed and suspected patients wear ankle monitors, some states are taking all the wrong steps to slow the spread of COVID-19.
It’s an attempt to bypass Fourth and Fifth Amendment protections by insisting it’s not an arrest.
Courts struck down Marsy’s Law last year. Lawmakers want to bring it back.
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The cop claimed to detect "a strong smell of fresh marijuana coming from within the house," but police did not find any.
The Public Health Department wants to ban a common tattooing process. Artists say that the concern is unscientific and harmful to clients.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin gives advice for changing hearts on criminal justice reform.
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"We have a legal and moral obligation to provide and deliver on the promises that have been made," says Gov. Matt Bevin, who called the session Monday.
In a civil suit, Paul's attorney claims the senator has been the victim of "physical pain and mental suffering."
The presumption applies even when one or more of the parents is opposed.
Teachers have shut down schools across the state, allegedly to protest pension changes. But those pension reforms are pretty mild.
"We all are so optimistic that industrial hemp can become sometime in the future what tobacco was in Kentucky's past."
This is a clear-cut case of unconstitutional compelled speech with an easy verdict.
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