By Anabelle Garay
The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE - More groups are calling for a federal government probe of the Louisville Police Department after an officer shot and killed a handcuffed black man.

"Nothing is going to change this at all until the individual police officer is held accountable, until they know they're going to go to jail" said Anne Braden, a representative of Kentucky Alliance, an anti-discrimination group.

Many protesters who have gathered outside police headquarters daily since last week want the Justice Department to investigate Louisville police for civil rights violations. Activist Dick Gregory and others also say they want the Justice Department to oversee Louisville police.

Since 2000, Louisville police officers have fatally shot five men, all of whom were black. No charges have been brought against any of the officers in the shootings.

"We've been trying to deal with this for years," Ms. Braden said. "We've talked about training. They went to training."

The Nation of Islam in Louisville scheduled a Monday night town meeting to compile recommendations that would improve the police department.

Although it could generate constructive suggestions, some activists say they have stopped relying on Louisville's political leadership after the Dec. 5 shooting of James Edward Taylor.

"What are we going to take to a mayor who hasn't done anything, who's had four people die during his term and a police chief who is in collaboration with the union, the FOP," said the Rev. Louis Coleman.

Mr. Taylor, 50, was handcuffed when Detective Mike O'Neil shot him 11 times. Police say although cuffed, Mr. Taylor was threatening Detectives O'Neil and Brian Luckett with a box-cutter knife. Meanwhile, the commonwealth attorney's office expects to receive a case file from the Louisville Police Department's investigation soon but did not have a specific day, said agency spokesman Jeff Derouen.

"We're assuming it will to go to the grand jury based on what we've read in the media," Mr. Derouen said.

Preliminary findings from a federal investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Taylor's death won't be ready until three weeks, said Hancy Jones III, a U.S. Attorney's spokesman.

Authorities didn't specify why results would not be available until after the new year.