LEXINGTON, Ky. A police officer in Kentucky was fired Friday over allegations that he gave a Black Lives Matter organizer information about other officers working protests that could be used to "insult, intimidate and harass," according to reports.
Officer Jervis Middleton of the Lexington Polic
Kentucky police officer terminated for providing BLM protesters with information
Jervis Middleton s lawyers say that the former officer had grown frustrated with the Lexington department after his concerns over internal racism had gone ignored
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Jervis Middleton, a Black officer with the Lexington Police Department, was fired on Friday after being charged with giving police information to a Black Lives Matter protester.
CBS WLKY reports that he was let go due to his actions of putting fellow officers in danger.
Middleton’s lawyers stated that the former officer had grown frustrated with the department after his concerns over internal racism had gone ignored, following his own personal encounters of racial discrimination while on the force.
A Kentucky police officer was fired after allegations he leaked information to Black Lives Matter that could be used to "insult, intimidate and harass” officers working during the summer of riots and protests.
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Following a lengthy debate, the city s Urban County Council agreed with a police disciplinary board that Jervis Middleton should be dismissed. The unanimous vote found Middleton guilty on two charges sharing internal police information and overall misconduct.
City attorney Kevin Horn argued that, by passing along tips about police actions and names to demonstration leader Sarah Williams, Middleton was seeking not to de-escalate the situation but inflame things. Middleton lawyer Keith Sparks described the harm caused by Middleton s actions as imagined and created out of whole cloth to justify this fundamentally unfair result, which is to fire an officer who spoke out about racism.