Woman sues city, LMPD officers claiming her violent assault case was mishandled due to her race

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville woman is seeking a jury trial and damages, claiming the police investigation into her violent assault in 2018 was grossly mishandled.

In a new lawsuit filed Monday, a lawyer for 73-year-old Mary Spalding accused five Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) employees of conspiring to interfere with her civil rights.

The lawsuit also names Metro Government, arguing the city deprived her of “equal protection of the law because of her race through a policy of inadequate training or supervision and/or a custom of tolerance or acquiescence of federal rights violations.”…

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