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Amina Elahi | امنه الاهي
@aminamania
City editor at @wfplnews. Ex-city reporter at WFPL, biz/tech reporter at @chicagotribune. Sour Patch Kids aficionado. I ask a lot of questions. RTs = 🤔
Sep 28, 2020 • 88 tweets • 16 min read
Committee chair Brent Ackerson says interim chief Robert Schroeder will be put under oath, then face the committee's questions. "I was unable to testify under the advice of my attorney" due to lawsuit "but at all times I have agreed to provide information in executive session."

Executive session is not open to the public.
Sep 28, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
For nearly two months, @LMPD Interim Chief Robert Schroeder has declined to testify openly at Metro Council -- first by walking out, then via lawsuit. Now the KY Appeals Court has denied his appeal, which means he must testify openly today at 1:30. He retires Thursday. @LMPD The Metro Council's government oversight committee announced its investigation in July: wfpl.org/committee-will…
Sep 24, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
.@louisvillemayor and @LMPD interim chief Robert Schroeder are about to start a media briefing. Watch here: facebook.com/MayorGregFisch… @louisvillemayor @LMPD Fischer says one of the officers shot last night (in the leg) has been treated and released. The other (shot in abdomen) underwent surgery and is expected to recover. Mayor says violence is not the answer, and last night's shootings "completely unacceptable."
Sep 23, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
.@louisvillemayor will be live any minute now facebook.com/watch/live/?v=… @louisvillemayor "This is obvious a day that people across our city and our nation have been anticipating," @louisvillemayor says.
Aug 26, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
An attorney for David McAtee's family responds to an LMPD report that was the subject of a controversial Courier Journal article that was published, removed, then published again yesterday. I covered that here: wfpl.org/mayor-slams-br… Louisville Urban League president Sadiqa Reynolds also responded early this morning:
Aug 8, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
At 11th/Main, a rally organized by @untilfreedom. The father of Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo., is expected to speak in support of Breonna Taylor’s family. Party vibes. Great music. Image
Aug 3, 2020 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
Coming up, @LMPD interim chief Robert Schroeder and Metro Chief of Public Safety Amy Hess will testify as part of Metro Council's investigation into the Fischer administration's response to #BreonnaTaylor, #DavidMcAtee and protests. Background: wfpl.org/committee-will… @LMPD Watch here: louisville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…
Jul 10, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I’m following tonight’s protests remotely via livestream. Asked LMPD some questions about reports that a 14-year-old was slammed to ground by police and protesters were shot at from rooftops. Here’s what spox Jessie Halladay said: Image https://t.co/yYVwpqYpyU
Jun 29, 2020 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Black Lives Matter protesters have blocked off the Second Street bridge to Indiana. Police are blocking the entry to the bridge, and there are squad cars and tow trucks on the bridge. ImageImage A small group of officers is walking toward the center of the bridge. Can’t see much at all from here on Main St.
Jun 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
.@louisvillemayor and @LMPD have outdone themselves. We got an advisory at 3:43 p.m. about an in-person briefing at 4 p.m. downtown. During a pandemic. When people are working from home. Last week, when I commented to one of his press people that they haven’t been giving us enough notice, his response was literally 🤷🏻.
Jun 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This meeting starts at 6. You can watch it online here: louisville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…
Jun 5, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
On Monday, I and others shared that breonnataylor.com redirected to a site that was fundraising for the Louisville Metro Police Foundation.

Now it goes immediately to the official GoFundMe for Breonna Taylor's family, which has raised nearly $3 million to date. It appears the site was updated on June 3, the same day the GoFundMe went live.

whois.domaintools.com/breonnataylor.…
Jun 4, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
.@louisvillemayor is ending the curfew that's been in place since Saturday.

I asked him this question yesterday. He skipped it.

Image @louisvillemayor Immediately after announcing the end of curfew, the Mayor and LMPD are playing a montage of looting footage for reasons that are not clear to me.
Jun 3, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Metro Council public safety committee unanimously passes ordinance aimed at limiting no-knock warrants in Louisville. Will hold a special meeting on Monday for further work on the ordinance. Read the proposed legislation here. I don’t believe this is updated with the changes introduced today yet. louisville.legistar.com/LegislationDet…
Jun 3, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday officials released new videos they said showed that #DavidMcAtee fired a gun, prompting police and National Guard members to fire back the bullets that killed him. (1/3)

wfpl.org/mayor-and-lmpd… Family and friends of #DavidMcAtee told @jacobhryan he wouldn’t have shot at police.

“He thought they were his friends, and they killed him.” (2/3)

wfpl.org/as-police-narr…
Jun 3, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Here's a roundup of what @WFPLNews has produced today: @WFPLNews Downtown Chaos and West End Memoriam On Fifth Night Of Louisville Protests (quadruple byline @RyanVanVelzer @jacobhryan @RylandKY @jaredtbennett) wfpl.org/downtown-chaos…
Jun 3, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Earlier today, a national outlet asked me to consicely summarize what’s happening in Louisville. I couldn’t do it. I talked for half an hour.
Jun 2, 2020 • 17 tweets • 9 min read
Here's a thread demonstrating, with limited examples, efforts by @WFPLNews @KentuckyCIR and @OVReSRC to pursue these kinds of stories. They're not all about police and enforcement, but they are about systemic racism, explicitly or not.

@WFPLNews @KentuckyCIR @OVReSRC .@RylandKY's fact check of former Gov. Matt Bevin's claims about Kentucky's prison population: wfpl.org/unpacking-bevi…
Jun 1, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
The Louisville Metro Police Foundation appears to be fundraising through this website, breonnataylor.com Image I'm no expert on these things -- please help me if you are -- but it looks like this site was registered on 5/12/20. I cannot discern who owns the domain now.

who.is/whois/breonnat…
Jun 1, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
This event is coming up in just a few minutes on facebook.com/MayorGregFisch….

No one is responding to my questions about whether press will be able to pose questions to the mayor outside of Facebook comments. Update: @eklib reports @louisvillemayor has arrived at the scene of the shooting. Not sure what this means for the Day of Reflection.
Jun 1, 2020 • 23 tweets • 7 min read
A protester was shot and killed in Louisville last night. Are police wearing body cameras (and are they're turned on)? I asked Amy Hess, chief of public safety, this yesterday. Ahe said:

"I believe that is the case. But I do not have confirmation of that. We'll have to confirm." I've reached out to LMPD to confirm this detail about body cameras and with other questions about the shooting.