"Christopher's Law," filed by Councilwoman Jennifer Chappell, D-District 15, was introduced in a Public Safety Committee meeting on Wednesday.
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Both of the Bardstown Road bars were evicted after failing to pay rent.
Police said McKinney was intoxicated and that employee was leading him out of the bar after showing "unruly behavior".
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The bill is named after Christopher McKinney, who died after an altercation with a bouncer at Nowhere Bar on Bardstown Road last year.
The bill is named after Christopher McKinney, who died after an altercation with a bouncer at Nowhere Bar on Bardstown Road last year.
The suit charges, among other things, that LMPD failed to investigate the incident properly, that the bar failed to investigate Wright’s prior violence before hiring him and that Wright and others committed battery against the victim.
No charges will be filed in the case.
It happened back in January when police said Christopher McKinney was found unresponsive outside of Nowhere Bar on Bardstown Road.