Concerns expressed over Newby trial: Weak Prosecutors Didn't Want to Convict Cop

"Not guilty. Not over, either" [more

] - Unarmed Black Man Shot in the Back 3 times
About 100 people listened last night to Angela and Jerry Bouggess' views on the trial of former police detective McKenzie Mattingly, who was acquitted in the shooting death of Angela's son, Michael Newby. "I feel like I could have been a better prosecutor for my boy," she said.They accused prosecutors of not handling the case with "vigor." They also questioned several aspects of the case, including a judicial decision to keep the family and the public out of the courtroom during jury selection. Mattingly, who is white, was a member of the Louisville Metro Police Department when he fatally shot Newby, a 19-year-old African American, during an undercover drug operation on Jan. 3. Last week a jury found Mattingly not guilty of murder and three lesser charges in Newby's shooting. The point of yesterday's forum, Christopher 2X said, was to start a movement that could lead to legislation requiring special prosecutors in cases involving police officers charged with murder. "We can't really get adequate representation" from the commonwealth's attorney's office because it usually works closely with police, he told the group. [more

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