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Ex-LMPD officer sentenced to federal prison after hitting kneeling protester

A judge handed Cory Evans his sentence on Tuesday, nearly two years after hitting that protestor with a riot stick.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former Louisville Metro Police officer will spend two years in federal prison for using excessive force during the height of the social justice protests in the summer of 2020.

A judge handed down the sentence to Cory Evans on Tuesday. It also includes two years of supervised release.

Evans previously pleaded guilty to using reasonable force against a person he was arrested on May 31, 2020.

Prosecutors said a person was kneeling and surrendering for an arrest when Evans hit him in the head with a riot stick.

Evans resigned from the department last summer.

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