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Louisville, Ky. once made ambitious promises to transform its police department and mend its relationship with the Black community. Five years later, Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in her home, kicking off a protest movement unlike anything the city had seen in decades.
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5: Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor from 2021-10-18T06:04
“Early this morning, we had a critical incident involving one of our officers who was shot and another person at the scene who was killed.”When LMPD Chief Steve Conrad first described what happened...
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4: Might As Well Appeal from 2021-10-18T06:03
For LMPD to become the police department it claimed to want to be, the department would have to recruit the best of the best, retain experienced officers, and effectively discipline and remove prob...
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3: People, Places and Narcotics from 2021-10-18T06:02
Even as city leaders were making big promises about the model city they claimed Louisville was going to become, they were making decisions that undermined those policing reform goals. In 2016, ther...
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2: Promises from 2021-10-18T06:01
In 2016, the police chief laid out his vision: Louisville was going to become the kind of place where everyone across the city, no matter what neighborhood they lived in, would get the same treatme...
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Available Now... Dig Season 2 from 2021-10-06T14:59
Louisville, Ky., the city now known for the police killing of Breonna Taylor, once made ambitious promises to transform its police department and mend its relationship with the Black community. Jus...
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The Hearing from 2020-03-06T12:00
Jen Sainato had been waiting for this day for a long time. She’d woken up early, put on her black striped suit, and drove five hours to attend the Louisville Metro Council’s public safety committee...
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Update: Prosecution... Declined? from 2020-02-21T05:00
It’s been two months since we released the first season of Dig. And a lot has changed: city leaders are calling the police department to account, and there have been some changes in Jen Sainato’s r...
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Cleared By Exception from 2019-12-05T15:15
Episode 4: In the final episode of this investigation, we learn more about Jen Sainato’s rape case - why it was closed, and how much evidence the police really had against the man she says raped he...
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Harder to Prove from 2019-12-05T15:10
Episode 3: Louisville officials say rape cases are hard to prosecute. They are not wrong. But we talked with police, prosecutors and experts from around the country who told us it’s not impossible ...
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The Wizard of Oz from 2019-12-05T15:05
Episode 2: Jen Sainato reported a rape to Louisville police in January 2018. In this episode, we hear about her attempts over the next two years to follow up on her case. And we ask LMPD why cases ...
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Prosecution Declined from 2019-12-05T14:59
Episode 1: Jen Sainato reported a rape to Louisville police in January 2018. She didn’t feel like they believed her. Jen’s case puts a spotlight on police response to rapes, the prosecutors’ unusua...
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Dig Season 1 Trailer from 2019-11-20T16:17
A woman told Louisville police she was raped in January 2018. She expected them to quickly try to arrest the suspect. But an officer on the scene that night didn’t seem to believe her. The detectiv...
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Dig Season 1 Trailer from 2019-11-20T16:17
A woman told Louisville police she was raped in January 2018. She expected them to quickly try to arrest the suspect. But an officer on the scene that night didn’t seem to believe her. The detectiv...
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Dig Season 1 Trailer from 2019-11-20T16:17
A woman told Louisville police she was raped in January 2018. She expected them to quickly try to arrest the suspect. But an officer on the scene that night didn’t seem to believe her. The detectiv...
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