Fired LMPD detective who shot into Breonna Taylor's home hired at Carroll County Sheriff's Office

  • Bias Rating

    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    52% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

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"Despite his termination, Cosgrove's certification was not revoked, allowing him to continue to work in law enforcement."
Positive
2% Conservative
"The case highlighted the issue of no-knock warrants -- which allow law enforcement agents to enter a home without aouncing their presence - and led to a reexamination of the practice."
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-8% Liberal
"Walker and Taylor were settled in bed for the night when they were roused by banging on her apartment door around midnight on March 13, 2020."
Positive
10% Conservative
"They were looking for her boyfriend, Keeth Walker, who did not live at the residence."
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-12% Liberal
"Walker was initially charged with attempted murder of a police officer, but charges against him were eventually dropped as protests and news media attention on the Taylor case intensified in the spring of 2020."
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-24% Liberal
"Walker fired a single shot from a handgun, striking Sgt."
Negative
-30% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Despite his termination, Cosgrove's certification was not revoked, allowing him to continue to work in law enforcement.
46% : The case highlighted the issue of "no-knock" warrants -- which allow law enforcement agents to enter a home without announcing their presence - and led to a reexamination of the practice.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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