Jervis Middleton (Image: Lexington, KY, Police Department)
A Black Kentucky police officer in the Lexington Police Department was terminated late last week after being accused of supplying information about the police to a Black Lives Matter protester.
According to
The Lexington Herald Leader, after a nine-hour police hearing and more than two hours of deliberations behind closed doors, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council announced its decision to fire police officer Jervis Middleton shortly after 1 a.m. Friday.
Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers and an internal police disciplinary board based the decision to fire Middleton for allegedly violating department policies for providing information to a friend, Sarah Williams, who is a Black Lives Matter protest leader.