LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The City of Louisville is paying a Louisville Metro Police officer $75,000 after a wrongful suspension in 2021.
The money is to settle a lawsuit filed by Officer Matt Schrenger, against Mayor Greg Fischer, Chief Erika Shields and the department for violating his constitutional rights while off-duty.
A social media post showed Schrenger outside of the EMW Women’s Clinic in facility in March.
The 13-year veteran of the department said he stopped outside of Kentucky’s only abortion clinic to pray with his father on a public sidewalk.
Schrenger was suspended for more than four months with pay and was placed under investigation.
“The unfair discipline revealed undeniably content-based discrimination against Officer Schrenger’s personal pro-life views and violated his First Amendment rights,” his attorney Matt Heffron said.
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