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Newly released interview audio reveal cops in deadly midnight raid that killed Breonna Taylor in Louisville went with battering rams into a ‘soft target’; Lead detective claims officers ‘rightfully’ returned fire at victim’s boyfriend by shooting 22 times

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>Audio recordings from the investigation into the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor by Louisville Police have shed light on the events leading up to her death  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>It shows that cops in deadly midnight raid on Breonna Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apt went in with battering rams even though it was a &&num;8216&semi;soft target&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>The 26-year-old EMT was shot dead on March 13 during a raid carried out by Sgt Jonathan Mattingly&comma; Detectives Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>During the interview Sgt Jonathan Mattingly&comma; who led the raid&comma; is heard insisting officers knocked on the door<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>Despite his later claims that &&num;8216&semi;It was the most passive way to serve a warrant&&num;8217&semi; cops in deadly midnight raid on Breonna Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment went in with battering rams even though it was a &&num;8216&semi;soft target&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>The detective who lead the disastrous raid believes they &&num;8216&semi;rightfully&&num;8217&semi; returned fire at Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend by shooting 22 times into the residence<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>During the interview Sgt Jonathan Mattingly&comma; who led the raid&comma; is heard insisting officers knocked on the door &&num;8211&semi; which has been disputed by the victim&&num;8217&semi;s relatives<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>Taylor was killed on March 13 when she was struck 8 times by bullets struck by police firing blindingly into her home Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s family <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong> Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s death has sparked nationwide protests demanding the three officers involved &&num;8211&semi; Mattingly and Detectives Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove &&num;8211&semi; be arrested and charged&comma; none of which has happened <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong>A suit filed by Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Tamika Palmer&comma; suggests that her daughter&&num;8217&semi;s slaying was a result of a warrant search that had already been called off that night<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;332a2a&semi;"><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Breonna-Taylor-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C802&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"Breonna Taylor 1" width&equals;"690" height&equals;"893" &sol;>The family of Breonna Taylor&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; claim cops executed fatal no-knock warrant against her home despite the search being called off earlier that night <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Newly-released audio recordings from the investigation into the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor reveal Louisville Police officers arrived at her home with battering rams despite it being considered a &&num;8216&semi;soft target&&num;8217&semi; and cops admitting they did not &&num;8216&semi;anticipate a threat&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police interviews with Sergeant John Mattingly&comma; who led the late-night raid on March 13&comma; and Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend Kenneth Walker&comma; who was at the home during the shooting&comma; were obtained by <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;us-news&sol;new-audio-police-interviews-sheds-light-police-probe-fatal-shooting-n1233183&quest;cid&equals;sm&lowbar;npd&lowbar;nn&lowbar;tw&lowbar;ma" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noreferrer noopener">NBC News<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The audio clips have shed new light on the moments leading up to death of the 26-year-old EMT&comma; who was shot eight times after cops barged into her home at 1am while operating on a warrant during a drug investigation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong> <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-350636" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Sgt&period;-Jonathan-Mattingly-left-and-Detectives-Brett-Hankison-and-Myles-Cosgrove-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Sgt&period; Jonathan Mattingly &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Detectives Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1" width&equals;"930" height&equals;"525" &sol;><&sol;span>Not one of the three officers in the case&comma; Sgt&period; Jonathan Mattingly &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; Det&period; Brett Hankison &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; or Det&period; Myles Cosgrove&comma; has not been charged in the shooting despite protests <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-350654" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Breonna-Taylor-protest-banner-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Breonna Taylor protest banner 1" width&equals;"2000" height&equals;"1336" &sol;>A demonstrator holds a sign with the image of Breonna Taylor in Denver on June 3&comma; 2020&period; &&num;8211&semi; Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s death has sparked nationwide protests demanding the three officers involved &&num;8211&semi; Mattingly and Detectives Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove &&num;8211&semi; be arrested and charged&comma; none of which has happened<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">It also reveals Walker had spoken to police after he was &&num;8216&semi;encouraged&&num;8217&semi; to waive his Miranda Rights&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s death has sparked nationwide protests demanding the three officers involved &&num;8211&semi; Mattingly and Detectives Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove &&num;8211&semi; be arrested and charged&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The police officers&&num;8217&semi; version of events have been disputed by Walker and Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s family&comma; who say the cops never identified themselves as police upon arrival&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the 40-minute clip of his interview&comma; Mattingly is heard insisting that officers banged on the door twice and shouted&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Police&comma; search warrant&excl;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He confirmed that police knocked because they considered Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s home a &&num;8216&semi;soft target&&num;8217&semi; and anticipated &&num;8216&semi;no threat&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mattingly said the knocking lasted 45 seconds &&num;8211&semi; which he described as enough time for &&num;8216&semi;the average person&comma; or even a disabled person&&num;8217&semi; to react &&num;8211&semi; before they rammed the door&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In interviews with Walker&comma; he said he and Taylor&comma; who were watching a movie in their bedroom&comma; shouted&comma; &&num;8216&semi;who is it&quest;&&num;8217&semi; but did not hear a response&comma; prompting him to grab his gun over fears of an intruder&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Walker was questioned over the incident by Sgt Amanda Seelye&comma; at 4 in the morning&comma; hours after the shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-350638" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Breoona-Taylor-and-her-boyfriend-Kenneth-Walker-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Breoona Taylor and her boyfriend Kenneth Walker &lpar;right&rpar; 1" width&equals;"689" height&equals;"453" &sol;>Breonna Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend Kenneth Walker &lbrack;right&rsqb; was at the home the night of the fatal raid and had fired his licensed gun fearing the cops were intruders&period; He was hit in the leg by one of the hail of bullets that cops fired into the home&period; <&sol;strong><strong>Taylor died after she was struck by eight bullets    <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;"><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Breonna-Taylor-2&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C775&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"Breonna Taylor 2" width&equals;"663" height&equals;"829" &sol;><&sol;span>Taylor&comma; a 26-year-old EMT who had no criminal record and worked for two local hospitals&comma; was killed after police fired at least 20 rounds into her home&comma; according to a lawsuit filed by her family<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">He admitted he was &&num;8216&semi;scared about what to say&&num;8217&semi;&comma; before Seelye reassured him they just wanted to know what happened and told him it would &&num;8216&semi;be good&&num;8217&semi; for him to sign the waiver to get his statement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;And then we can leave you alone&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she says&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Walker had fired a &&num;8216&semi;warning&&num;8217&semi; shot&comma; thinking someone was breaking in&comma; before gunfire broke out from police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The family&&num;8217&semi;s lawsuit states Mattingly and the other officers serving the warrant&comma; Cosgrove and Hankison&comma; then began shooting &&num;8216&semi;erratically&comma; recklessly&comma; willfully&comma; wantonly and maliciously from inside the home&comma; outside the home&comma; outside a neighbor&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; outside Breonna&&num;8217&semi;s patio door and outside the window to Breonna&&num;8217&semi;s sister&&num;8217&semi;s room&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Taylor was struck by bullets in the hallway and suffered eight gunshot wounds&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mattingly confirmed in interviews that police had fired 16 times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-350642" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Breonna-Taylors-home-in-Louisville-Kentucky-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Breonna Taylor's home in Louisville&comma; Kentucky 2" width&equals;"682" height&equals;"447" &sol;><&sol;span>This is the home where Breonna and her boyfriend Kenneth were watching a movie late at night on March 13&comma; before a team of Louisville Police rammed the door during a raid<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">Walker was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer after Sgt&period; Jonathan Mattingly was shot in the leg during the raid&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The attempted murder charge against Walker was later dropped&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hankison&comma; 44&comma; was later fired after it was found he violated department policies by &&num;8216&semi;blindly&&num;8217&semi; firing 10 rounds into Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s home during the incident&period; The two other cops have been placed on administrative  reassignment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The family&&num;8217&semi;s suit&comma; which named the three officers as defendants&comma; said Taylor lived for another five or six minutes after she was shot but an ambulance was not on the scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The complaint also said police conducted a concerted effort to remove Glover and other alleged drug dealers from a residential area near downtown to make way for a new development with federal funding&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;Breonna-Taylor-11&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C295&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"Breonna Taylor 11" width&equals;"1026" height&equals;"488" &sol;><&sol;strong><strong>Louisville police executed a no-knock warrant against Breonna Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s home in search of suspects with no connection to her&period; Infact the search previously called it off&comma; her family claims <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">Louisville police went through with a warrant search on Breonna Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment despite it being previously called off&comma; her family says in a new court filing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">The family of the 26-year-old EMT&comma; who was fatally shot in her home by police operating on a no-knock warrant&comma; has alleged that the drug suspect linked with Taylor had been located elsewhere earlier that night&comma; resulting in the end of the need for the warrant&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">They claim&comma; however&comma; that officers continued to carry out the deadly raid&comma; looking for suspects who had no connection to Taylor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">National civil rights attorney Ben Crump&comma; who is representing the family&comma; said that the officers involved &&num;8216&semi;exhibited outrageous&comma; RECKLESS&comma; willful&comma; wanton &amp&semi; UNLAWFUL conduct&&num;8217&semi; and that they &&num;8216&semi;should NEVER have been at Breonna Taylor’s home in the first place&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"mol-5b80bb60-c1eb-11ea-9179-a773a3b4871f" class&equals;"art-ins mol-factbox news" data-version&equals;"2" data-permabox-url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;article-8506223&sol;Audio-reveals-seven-cops-raided-Breonna-Taylors-apartment-battering-rams&period;html">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ins cleared mol-factbox-body">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong> <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-350644" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Tamika-Palmer-Breonna-Taylors-mother-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tamika Palmer&comma; Breonna Taylor's mother 1" width&equals;"1194" height&equals;"906" &sol;><&sol;span>The suit&comma; filed by Tamika Palmer &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; suggests that her daughter&&num;8217&semi;s slaying was a result of a warrant search that had already been called off that night<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">The suit&comma; filed by Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s mother Tamika Palmer suggests that her daughter&&num;8217&semi;s slaying was a result of a warrant search that had already been called off that night&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">Taylor was killed on March 13 when officers burst into her apartment in the early morning hours&period; She had been asleep moments before her death&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The shooting set off weeks of protests&comma; policy changes and a call for the officers who shot Taylor to be criminally charged&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Connecting the dots&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s clear that these officers should never have been at Breonna Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s home in the first place&comma; and that they invaded the residence with no probable cause&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Crump said in a statement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Crump and other Louisville attorneys are representing Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Tamika Palmer&comma; in a civil lawsuit&comma; which was amended this week to include new allegations about the night of the shooting&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;The officers who ROBBED Bre of her LIFE – and Tamika of her daughter – exhibited outrageous&comma; RECKLESS&comma; willful&comma; wanton &amp&semi; UNLAWFUL conduct&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Crump added in a tweet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-350646" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Attorney-Ben-Crump-speaks-on-Breonna-Taylor-case-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Attorney Ben Crump speaks on Breonna Taylor case 1" width&equals;"803" height&equals;"270" &sol;>National civil rights attorney Ben Crump&comma; who is representing the family&comma; announced the fresh allegations that Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s family has added to their civil lawsuit over her shooting<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-350647" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Attorney-Ben-Crump-speaks-on-Breonna-Taylor-case-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Attorney Ben Crump speaks on Breonna Taylor case 3" width&equals;"588" height&equals;"290" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-350648" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Attorney-Ben-Crump-speaks-on-Breonna-Taylor-case-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Attorney Ben Crump speaks on Breonna Taylor case 4" width&equals;"586" height&equals;"155" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;The city lost one of its most precious essential frontline workers&comma; who risked her life daily to save her fellow residents in a pandemic&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;This is a grievous offense against Breonna&comma; her family&comma; and the greater Louisville community<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">&comma; Crump twitted&period;<&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;Louisville police have declined to comment on the investigation&comma; and an internal probe of the officer&&num;8217&semi;s actions has been turned over to the Kentucky attorney general for review&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The FBI is also investigating potential civil rights violations by the police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The warrant used to enter Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s home just after midnight was secured by police observing an alleged drug dealer&comma; identified in the complaint as &&num;8216&semi;JG&comma;&&num;8217&semi; at Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s home two months earlier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group float-r">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Jamarcus-Glover-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C803&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"Jamarcus Glover 1" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Police had been searching for Jamarcus Glover&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; who was arrested that night more than ten miles away and with whom Taylor had a previous relationship&period;  Glover&comma; was arrested that night more than ten miles away&comma; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Taylor and the man had a prior relationship&comma; the family&&num;8217&semi;s suit said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But that man&comma; Jamarcus Glover&comma; was arrested that night more than ten miles away&comma; though two other suspects the police were looking for were not with Glover&comma; the suit said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Those suspects&comma; identified in the suit as &&num;8216&semi;AW&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;DC&&num;8217&semi; never had a relationship with Taylor and neither looked like Kenneth Walker&comma; Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend who was with her the night she was shot&comma; the court filing said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suit said &&num;8216&semi;AW&&num;8217&semi; lived at a separate address that police also had a warrant for&comma; but they proceeded to search Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s house to see if he or the other man were there&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;An ambulance that had been stationed near Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment in anticipation of the initial search had been called off&comma; the suit said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It said the EMS unit was cleared because police &&num;8216&semi;had never actually intended to raid Breonna&&num;8217&semi;s home unless &lpar;Glover&rpar; was there&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;As such&comma; it does indeed appear that the &lpar;police&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;hit the wrong house&&num;8221&semi; when they went to Springfield &lpar;Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment&rpar;&comma; rather than actually hitting the house in which the target was actually located&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the 31-page complaint added&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police arrived at Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment about 12&colon;40 a&period;m&period; and banged on the door but did not announce that they were police officers&comma; the suit said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Louisville police have said they knocked and announced their presence at the apartment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-350649" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;A-page-from-the-familys-lawsuit-highlights-renderings-that-show-homes-on-Elliott-Avenue-to-be-demolished-is-part-of-the-30million-redevelopment-plan-of-the-area&period;jpg" alt&equals;"A page from the family's lawsuit highlights renderings that show homes on Elliott Avenue 'to be demolished' is part of the &dollar;30million redevelopment plan of the area" width&equals;"924" height&equals;"862" &sol;>Renderings that show homes on Elliott Avenue &&num;8216&semi;to be demolished&&num;8217&semi; is part of the &dollar;30million redevelopment plan of the area is part of lawsuit filed by Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s family <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s neighbors and her family dispute this&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After the door was knocked down by a battering ram&comma; Officer Jonathan Mattingly went inside and was shot in the leg by Walker&comma; who has said he didn&&num;8217&semi;t know who was entering the apartment and was firing a warning shot&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mattingly and the other officers serving the warrant&comma; Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison&comma; then began shooting &&num;8216&semi;erratically&comma; recklessly&comma; willfully&comma; wantonly and maliciously from inside the home&comma; outside the home&comma; outside a neighbor&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; outside Breonna&&num;8217&semi;s patio door and outside the window to Breonna&&num;8217&semi;s sister&DiacriticalAcute;s room&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the suit said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Taylor was struck by bullets in the hallway and suffered eight gunshot wounds&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Walker was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer after Sgt&period; Jonathan Mattingly was shot in the leg during the raid&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The attempted murder charge against Walker was later dropped&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hankison&comma; 44&comma; was later fired after it was found he violated department policies by &&num;8216&semi;blindly&&num;8217&semi; firing 10 rounds into Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s home during the incident&period; The two other cops have been placed on a<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">dministrative  reassignment&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-350651" style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Rendering-of-the-new-buildings-in-the-revitalized-Beecher-Terrace-public-housing-development-in-Louisville-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Rendering of the new buildings in the revitalized Beecher Terrace public housing development in Louisville 1" width&equals;"701" height&equals;"387" &sol;>The redevelopment plan for Elliot includes a revitalized Beecher Terrace public housing development component&comma; seeing in <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Breonna-Taylor-window-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C356&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"Breonna Taylor window 1" width&equals;"972" height&equals;"558" &sol;><&sol;strong><strong>In this photo&comma; a bullet hole is seen in the shattered glass window after the raid on Taylor’s apartment in southwest Jefferson County on March 3this rendering  <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">The redevelopment plan includes a revitalized Beecher Terrace public housing development component&period; <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The family&&num;8217&semi;s suit&comma; which named the three officers as defendants&comma; said Taylor lived for another five or six minutes after she was shot but an ambulance was not on the scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The complaint also said police conducted a concerted effort to remove Glover and other alleged drug dealers from a residential area near downtown to make way for a new development with federal funding&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The family claims the botched raid was linked to a plan to clear out Louisville neighborhoods so a &dollar;30million gentrification project could move forward&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Glover was one of the &&num;8216&semi;primary roadblocks&&num;8217&semi; to the area&&num;8217&semi;s redevelopment&comma; according to the lawsuit published in <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;courier-journal&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;05&sol;lawyers-breonna-taylor-case-connected-gentrification-plan&sol;5381352002&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noreferrer noopener">The Courier Journal<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jean Porter&comma; a spokeswoman for Mayor Greg Fischer&comma; called the allegations &&num;8216&semi;outrageous&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;without foundation or supporting facts&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Other advocates of the project&comma; including Mary Ellen Weiderwohl&comma; who leads the city community development group Louisville Forward&comma; said those allegations in the suit are a &&num;8216&semi;gross mischaracterization&&num;8217&semi; of a plan to build new affordable housing in low-income areas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-349611 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;Brett-Hankison-and-Breonna-Taylor-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C324&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" sizes&equals;"&lpar;max-width&colon; 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has been fired by the  Louisville Police Dept&period;  Hankison was one of three cops involved in Breonna Taylor’s death in March has been fired&period; Still no charges have been brought in the Taylor &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma;  killing <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Kenneth-Walker-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C574&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"Kenneth Walker 1" width&equals;"687" height&equals;"636" &sol;>Police misconduct&colon;  Taylor was in bed in her home that night with her boyfriend&comma; Kenneth Walker &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&period;  Walker who was licensed to carry a firearm&comma; fired his gun thinking that they being burglarized&period; He was arrested and charged with attempted murder of a police officer&period;<&sol;strong><strong> After the shooting police cajoled Walker into waiving his Miranda Rights before giving a statement&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The warrant&comma; which was approved the day before Taylor died&comma; had been based on a detective&&num;8217&semi;s belief that Glover used Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s residence to receive mail&comma; keep drugs&comma; or stash money from the sale of drugs&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Detective Joshua Jaynes wrote in an affidavit seeking the no-knock search warrant that he spotted Glover leave Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment in January with a US Postal Service package before driving to a &&num;8216&semi;known drug house&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jaynes claimed that he had verified Glover was receiving mail at Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s address&comma; &&num;8216&semi;through a US Postal Inspector&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi; font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">Kentucky state police to review fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>However&comma; a Louisville postal inspector told WDRB that a different agency had reached out about Glover receiving suspicious mail at the home&comma; a claim that was determined unfounded&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jaynes now is on administrative reassignment as the department looks into how the search warrant was approved&comma; interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert Schroeder said last month&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;When the layers are peeled back&comma; the origin of Breonna&&num;8217&semi;s home being raided by police starts with a political need to clear out a street for a large real estate development project and finishes with a newly formed&comma; rogue police unit violating all levels of policy&comma; protocol and policing standards&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the family&&num;8217&semi;s attorneys claim&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Breonna&&num;8217&semi;s death was the culmination of radical political and police conduct&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-350656" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Sgt&period;-Jon-Matting-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Sgt&period; Jon Matting 1" width&equals;"418" height&equals;"471" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Sgt&period; Jon Mattingy &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; who led the raid reportedly obtained the warrant after he gave a judge details that were not true about the case<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The Place-Based Investigations squad&comma; which executed the search warrant&comma; was formed to go after criminals in &&num;8216&semi;systemically violent locations&&num;8217&semi; and support other law enforcement activities&comma; according to the department&&num;8217&semi;s organizational structure&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;PBI focuses on identifying and disrupting crime place networks&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said the department on its website&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;These networks include crime sites&comma; but also places used by offenders that do not typically come to the attention of police&period; PBI will collaborate with other government and community partners to identify and eliminate violence facilitators&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jaynes&comma; according to court records&comma; obtained five warrants&comma; including one for Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment on Elliott Avenue&comma; on March 12&period; Warrants also were obtained for two vacant homes nearby&comma; also on Elliott Avenue&comma; and an alleged stash house on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Glover and a second suspect named Adrian Walker were in all five warrants&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;The reality was that the occupants were not anywhere close to Louisville&&num;8217&semi;s versions of Pablo Escobar or Scarface&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the family&&num;8217&semi;s lawsuit says&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;And they were not violent criminals&period; They were simply a setback to a large real estate development deal and thus the issue needed to be cleaned up&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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