LOUISVILLE, Ky.–The trial of all-black militia leader John Johnson continued on May 25 with Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Sgt. Tim Mett describing to a jury what it was like to have the defendant point an AR-15 rifle at him during the civil unrest of 2020.
Johnson stands accused of aiming his rifle at law enforcement officers who were conducting rooftop surveillance during a Sept. 4, 2020, protest in Louisville over the police killing of Breonna Taylor.
Mett said he was on the rooftop of the Louisville grand jury building that night when he was told over police radio that Johnson’s Not [Expletive] Around Coalition (NFAC) was approaching his position. Mett said he looked over the rooftop to monitor Johnson and about 12 of his colleagues, and he immediately had a light shined on him….