Training materials for Kentucky State Police cadets once included quotes attributed to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. A slide show instructed the future troopers to be warriors who “always fight to the death” an Training materials for Kentucky State Police cadets once included quotes attributed to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. A slide show instructed the future troopers to be warriors who “always fight to the death” and to be a “ruthless killer.”
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This information came to light through two student journalists at DuPont Manual High School in Louisville and appeared online in the school’s newspaper, The Manual RedEye, on Friday (October 30).
News about the training slides brought condemnation.
This revelation about how officers are trained could add fuel to the fire surrounding the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, in her home by Louisville Metro Police Department officers during a botched raid on her apartment.
One slide, titled “Violence of Action” directs troopers to have “a mindset void of emotion” and to “meet violence with greater violence.”
Source: Training Presentations for Kentucky State Police Ordered Cadets to be ‘Ruthless Killers’
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