A traffic citation that was issued to Lea was dismissed two months later after the Jefferson County Attorney's Office moved to drop the charges following a review of the evidence. Lea's mother Tija Jackson shows up at the scene after several minutes and questions the officers, who found no drugs. In the video, which went viral on YouTube and other social media outlets in the months after the more than 20-minute stop, Lea is shown following officers' orders before being pulled from the car, frisked and then handcuffed as officers and a police dog search the vehicle. 9, 2018, during a traffic stop at 18th Street and Algonquin Parkway. The ruling will send the case to a jury to determine what Lea is owed in damages, after the judge ruled the officer violated the then-18-year-old's Fourth Amendment rights for the unconstitutional search and seizure when police removed him from his mother's car and frisked and handcuffed him on Aug. The judge dismissed all other claims against the city and the other officers involved in the traffic stop. District Court Judge Greg Stivers said former Detective Kevin Crawford had no legal reason to find Tae-Ahn Lea, who sued the LMPD in the aftermath of the incident, suspicious during the stop.

Tae-Ahn Lea speaks at a joint meeting of Louisville Metro Council's public safety and government accountability committees on April 16, 2019.Ī Black teenager's constitutional rights were violated by a former Louisville Metro Police officer, a federal judge ruled Thursday, during a high-profile traffic stop in 2018 that helped lead to the department to reform some policies.

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