On October 10th, we reported on a double shooting on Endon Drive in Lexington, one in which the assailant fled. Now a suspect has been busted: 23-year-old Marlon Griffin was identified by Lexington Police Officers the following day due to witness identification and video surveillance which caught the entire incident on tape. He was arrested […]
As we have previously noted, McClatchy’s mugshot policy is: Publishing mugshots of arrestees has been shown to have lasting effects on both the people photographed and marginalized communities. The permanence of the internet can mean those arrested but not convicted of a crime have the photograph attached to their names forever. Beyond the personal impact, […]
While checking on Lexington Police Department data to update the information in Bullets flying in the Bluegrass State, I found that the police had finally updated the city’s shootings investigations page. In 2020, a year which saw the city set its annual murder record with 34 homicides, there were also 140 non-fatal shootings. As of […]
Adrun Demetrius Bennett, born February 19, 1998, has managed, in his short life, to become rather familiar with the Fayette County Detention Center. The mugshot to the right was taken on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, after he was captured following a standoff with police: After an approximately three-hour standoff Wednesday, Lexington police captured a man […]
When last we reported on it, Lexington had seen 28 homicides in 2021, the last on September 3rd. Lexington’s 29th murder happened early this morning: Update: Man dies after shooting at Lexington apartment complex By Christopher Leach | Updated: October 5, 2021 | 4:37 PM EDT A 23-year-old man died shortly after he was found […]
We have previously reported on the Lexington Herald-Leader and its adherence to the McClatchy Mugshot Policy of not publishing photos of criminals booked, because it might harm them unfairly at some future point if they are acquitted. Thus, there were no mugshots accompanying this article: Officer saw two cars shooting at each other near Versailles […]
We have previously noted how the Lexington Herald-Leader hid the available mugshot of accused murderer Brandon Dockery, even when he was on the loose and considered to be “armed and dangerous.” Mr Dockery was a previously convicted felon — that’s how the Lexington Police Department had a mugshot of him in the first place — […]
As we have previously noted, the Lexington Herald-Leader is bound by the McClatchy Mugshot Policy, which states that McClatchy publications will not print photos of criminal suspects, unless certain conditions are met. One of the exceptions editors are supposed to consider — and all exceptions to the policy must be approved by an editor — […]
The seriousness of the Capitol kerfuffle is revealed in the fact that the feds are charging most with just misdemeanors. The bias of the Lexington Herald-Leader is revealed in how they played up the story. Fired Kentucky nurse, husband plead guilty in Capitol riot case. Sentencing next. By Jeremy Chisenhall | July 28, 2021 | […]