Bryan Andrew Wilson, Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights, Kentucky 2022

Louisville, KY – Two former Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) officers have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the civil rights of Louisville pedestrians through the arbitrary use of force in federal court today.

Bryan Andrew Wilson, 36, and Curt Flynn, 40, both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate civil rights in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 241. Wilson also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 2261A(2)(B).

According to court documents, from August 2018 through September 2019, Wilson and Flynn engaged in a conspiracy to violate the civil rights of numerous civilians in Louisville through oppression and intimidation. As part of the conspiracy, Wilson, Flynn, and others, while on duty, dressed in clothing identifying them as LMPD officers, and driving unmarked LMPD vehicles, assaulted and attempted to assault civilian targets by throwing large beverages, including the container and/or its contents, at the civilians.

Wilson and Flynn would obtain the beverages, bring them into their cars, and then, after identifying a target, Wilson, Flynn, or another driver of the unmarked LMPD vehicle, would slow down and drive closer to the sidewalk or the edge of the street where the civilian was located. At various points Wilson or Flynn would announce on the police radio words to the effect of, “someone was thirsty” or “thirsty fam,” and then Wilson or Flynn would throw the beverage, including the container and/or its contents, at the targeted civilian, and the driver of the unmarked LMPD vehicle would then accelerate the car and flee the scene.

On many occasions, the civilian was hit with the beverage, and on at least one occasion, a civilian was knocked down to the ground from the impact of being hit with the beverage and container. Wilson and Flynn would record or instruct others to record their actions on video using their cell phones, sometimes from inside the car from which the beverage was thrown, and sometimes from an LMPD car following closely behind the car from which the beverage was thrown.

Wilson subsequently displayed these videos to other members of the LMPD Ninth Mobile Unit. Wilson also pleaded guilty in a separate case to one count of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, where he stole compromising photographs, videos, and other information from at least six female victims, and attempted to extort additional material on threat of publication.

Wilson and Flynn are both scheduled to be sentenced on September 30, 2022. Wilson faces a combined maximum penalty of 15 years in prison on both cases. Flynn faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

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