LSURJ and other groups to call for End to Police Violence at Mayor’s Night Out

Members of LSURJ and other groups will hold a huge “End Police Violence” banner in front of the venue where Mayor Craig Greenberg’s first Mayor’s Night Out to call for an end to police violence, a pledge to oppose a new jail and open contract negotiations for the FOP They will then enter the venue to participate in the event, and hold signs.
With the release of the US Department of Justice report on Louisville policing, people across the community want to make sure that Mayor Craig Greenberg goes beyond lip service to address police violence.
“We have been working on these issues of police accountability for decades,” said KA Owens, Co Chair of the KAARPR. “We do not wan this DOJ report ignored”.
There is also growing public opposition to the up to half a billion dollar new jail some metro council members are pushing, and a call for the mayor to pledge to oppose it in favor of monies of mental health, affordable housing and other community investments that keep people out of jail.
In addition, LSURJ joins the 490 Project and others calling for the mayor to open the negotiations on the police contract, to the public as part of his pledge to grow government transparency. 
“The mayor says he wants a new direction,” said Anice Chenault, a member of the Louisville SURJ Coordinating Team. “We support that. But so far the mayor seems to be repeating the patterns of past administrations that have not addressed police violence, have continued to arrest and jail people on nonviolent crimes, and have not allowed public access to police contract negotiations.  We have good reason to expect more of the same unless there is public pressure.”