Yvette Gentry will be the first Black woman to lead the Louisville Metro Police Department — and the department's third chief since white officers killed Breonna Taylor in March.
in Minneapolis and others, has sparked national protests calling for an end of racial inequities and police brutality.
"We wanted somebody right now that represents some independence of view point so that we could move forward with that," Fischer said at a news conference"Of course, Yvette's got a lot of experience already with LMPD and has done other roles outside of LMPD that I think will make her a good chief now," Fischer said.Chief.
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