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Ex-officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired elsewhere in Kentucky

  • Bias Rating

    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -46% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -61% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Soberon found over a 10 year period, 566 law enforcement agencies in Texas have rehired more than 1,400 officers who were 'dishonorably discharged' from a previous department.
41% : Myles Cosgrove, the former Louisville Metro Police officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in 2020, is back in law enforcement in a nearby Kentucky county.
36% : Cosgrove, who reportedly fired 16 rounds into the apartment during the raid, has not faced any criminal prosecution in Taylor's death.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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