A former Louisville police officer blamed for instigating a conflict that led to the fatal shooting of a Black barbecue restaurant owner during the Breonna Taylor protests has pleaded guilty to using excessive force.
Katie R. Crews, 29, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to a misdemeanor. She was indicted in March on a felony excessive force charge that carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Crews, who is white, was fired by Louisville police earlier this year for escalating a conflict the night of restaurant owner David McAtee’s death and for a separate incident where she taunted protesters on social media.
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