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Black Woman to Lead Police force Reeling from Breonna Taylor

Associated Press

   LOUISVILLE, KY - For the first time, a Black woman will lead Kentucky's
   Louisville Metro Police Department, which has been been heavily
   criticized since officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in March.
   Mayor Greg Fischer announced on Monday that Yvette Gentry will serve as
   interim chief of the department, according to The Courier-Journal.
   Gentry is a former Louisville Metro Police deputy chief who retired
   from the force in 2014. She will be the first woman and the third
   African American to serve as chief of the Louisville Metro Police.
   Interim Chief Robert Schroeder plans to retire at the end of September
   after four months in the role. Schroeder took over on June 1 when
   Fischer fired longtime Chief Steve Conrad after learning officers did
   not have body cameras turned on during the fatal police shooting of the
   owner of a popular West End eatery.

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