The police chief at the center of a scandal involving his officers shooting and killing an unarmed Black woman in her own home has unexpectedly announced he will be calling it quits.
The surprise retirement announcement on Thursday by Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Steve Conrad came a little more than two months after Louisville police officers bitched the serving of a warrant and shot Breonna Taylor eight times while she was sleeping.
He has also called for Conrad to be fired if he does not fire the officers who killed Taylor and shot her boyfriend on March 13.
Still, despite the above, Louisville’s mayor showered Conrad with accolades in a press release acknowledging the police chief’s intentions to retire just as a scandalous arguably criminal investigation was taking place within his department.
The press release made not a single mention of Breonna Taylor or Kenneth Walker or even hint that Conrad’s job was in jeopardy.
