The family of the slain black EMT whose fatal shooting by police during a botched drug raid in March has sparked national outrage says that Louisville cops obtained the warrant based on false information that investigators gave to the judge
The family of the slain black EMT whose fatal shooting by police during a botched drug raid in March has sparked national outrage says that Louisville cops obtained the warrant based on false information that investigators gave to the judge.
Attorneys for the family of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor filed a lawsuit against Louisville Metro Police Department alleging that a detective falsely claimed that a drug suspect was receiving postal packages at her house.
In the early morning hours of March 13, Louisville police executed a ‘no-knock' raid on her home as part of an investigation centered on two men suspected of selling drugs in the Russell section of the city.
The search warrant used to justify the police raid which left Breonna Taylor (left), 26, dead on March 13 claimed that Taylor's home was used by a suspected drug dealer, Jamarcus Glover (right), to receive suspicious packages. The family says this claim is false and is suing police
Taylor was in bed in her home that night with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. According to the family, Walker, who was licensed to carry a firearm, fired his gun thinking that the couple was being burglarized. He was arrested and charged with attempted murder of a police officer
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has called for an outside review into the killing of Taylor, who was shot eight times on March 13 by police
Taylor's apartment in southwest Jefferson County was more than 10 miles away from the Russell neighborhood, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.
Police suspected Taylor's home was used to receive drugs, and a judge signed off on a ‘no-knock' warrant allowing law enforcement officials to raid her home.
Just before 1am, Louisville police said they identified themselves before using a battering ram to enter Taylor's home, where she and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were in bed.
Taylor's neighbors and her family dispute this. They said police never identified themselves, and that Walker, who was legally allowed to carry a firearm, shot at the cops thinking that he was being robbed.
Police responded with gunfire, killing Taylor, who suffered eight gunshot wounds.
Walker was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer after Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was shot in the leg during the raid.
Mattingly, Officer Brett Hankison, and Officer Myles Cosgrove were the three detectives who raided Taylor's home.
Officers fired at least 20 rounds during the raid. The above image shows a bullet hole piercing what appears to be a piece of furniture in Taylor's home
A bullet hole is seen in a glass window at Taylor's apartment in southwest Jefferson County
One of the bullets penetrated a box of cereal in Taylor's home on March 13
Hankison is named in a separate federal lawsuit filed by a Louisville resident, Kendrick Wilson, who alleges that the officer harassed suspects with unnecessary arrests and even planted drugs, according to the Courier Journal.
All three officers are named as defendants in the lawsuit filed by Taylor's family.
Taylor had no criminal record and worked for two local hospitals. The lawsuit alleges that police fired at least 20 rounds into the home.
The warrant which was approved by a judge the day before Taylor died was based on a detective's belief that one of the drug suspects in Russell, Jamarcus Glover, used Taylor's residence to receive mail, keep drugs, or stash money from the sale of drugs.
Glover was arrested in a separate raid that same night more than 10 miles away from Taylor's home.
A Louisville detective wrote in an affidavit that he saw Glover leave Taylor's apartment two months before the raid with a United States Postal Service package which he then transported to a ‘known drug house,' according to the Courier Journal.
The three officers in the case - Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly (left) and Officers Brett Hankison (center) and Myles Cosgrove (right) - have not been charged in the shooting and have been placed on administrative leave
The detective wrote that he verified the information ‘through a US Postal Inspector.'
But the inspector, Tony Gooden, told WDRB-TV that he was never asked by the Louisville Metro Police about any suspicious packages being sent to Taylor's apartment.
Gooden said a different law enforcement agency asked his office in January to investigate whether any suspicious mail was going to Taylor's resident.
After looking into the request, Gooden said his office found there was nothing suspicious linked to Taylor's home.
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‘There's no packages of interest going there,' Gooden said.
Benjamin Crump, a Florida-based lawyer who specializes in high-profile cases involving police shootings of African Americans, said that Gooden's statement ‘directly contradicts what the police stated in the affidavit to secure a no-knock warrant for her home.'
Crump is now part of a team of lawyers representing Taylor's family.
‘Gooden further stated that "no packages of interest were going there",' Crump said.
‘We will continue to demand transparency from the Louisville police on behalf of Breonna's family.'
Taylor's death sparked outraged nationwide. Her family is suing Louisville and its police department for wrongful death
DailyMail.com has reached out to Crump and the LMPD for comment.
‘No-knock' warrants are a controversial practice that allows law enforcement officials to raid a suspect's home without identifying themselves or notifying the suspect beforehand.
Supporters of the practice say that it prevents suspects from destroying evidence during the time that authorities use to identify themselves.
But opponents say that it poses various dangers.
Houston police stopped the practice of no-knock raids last year after two civilians were killed and four officers were shot during a drug raid that was launched based on faulty information.
No-knock raids have resulted in officers being shot because residents who are legally permitted to carry firearms believed they were being burglarized.
Several states, including Kentucky, have ‘stand your ground' laws that allow the use of lethal force in case they fell victim to crimes such as assault, rape, and burglary.
Louisville's top cop and mayor urge DOJ and FBI to investigate deadly police shooting of black EMT
Louisville officials have now asked the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI to review the police department's internal investigation of the killing of Taylor.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad announced their request for additional federal help on Thursday.
They said the results would be forwarded along with the findings of the police integrity unit to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear also called for an outside review into the killing of Taylor.
The death of the 26-year-old emergency medical technician sparked a national uproar and calls for federal intervention.
'My priority is always that the truth comes out,' the mayor said. 'We can be transparent with the people of our city. And we can and we must also talk about the relationship between our police and our communities of color: past, present and future.'
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer (left) and Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad announced their request for additional federal help on Thursday. They said the results would be forwarded to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron
The police review is going to the state's attorney general since the county's prosecutor, Thomas Wine, recused himself from the case, a statement by the mayor's office said.
Wine also asked state officials to appoint a special prosecutor for the case on Wednesday to avoid a conflict of interest since he is prosecuting Taylor's boyfriend, Walker, for the shooting of the officer.
A lawyer for Walker said he fired in self-defense because the officers did not announce themselves, a point disputed by Louisville police.
'One reason the news of this case hits people so hard is because it reopens old wounds - the history of racism and the mistreatment of people of color in our community,' said Fischer.
Kendall Boyd, the director of the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission, said city officials have put together an initiative, the Synergy Project, to have constructive dialogues about the 'strained' and 'broken' historical relationship between police and communities of color.
'Everybody gets to say their truth,' Boyd said.
Mayor Fischer said in a statement Tuesday: wbc247 'Police work can involve incredibly difficult situations. Additionally, residents have rights. These two concepts will and must be weighed by our justice system as the case proceeds.'
Senator Kamala Harris blasted the lack of an independent investigation into the officers' conduct as an injustice.
'When you look at Breonna Taylor. A woman who was 26, an EMT, and this one woman had a dream of becoming a nurse. And she's sitting in her apartment when she's killed by police who were at the wrong place serving a warrant. There should be an investigation. That's not justice,' Harris said Wednesday on NBC News.
An online petition called #StandWithBre seeking to arrest and charge the police officers involved in the shooting, terminate them, and pursue charges has gained over 171,000 signatures.
Taylor's heartbroken family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in April in Jefferson Circuit Court.
Taylor 'had posed no threat to the officers and did nothing to deserve to die at their hands', the lawsuit says.
'More than 25 bullets hit objects in the home's living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, hallway, both bedrooms in Taylor and Walker's apartment and into the adjacent home, where a five-year-old child and pregnant mother lived,' the lawsuit states.
The case emerged in the national spotlight when Taylor's family hired Crump, the prominent civil rights lawyer who also represents the family of Ahmaud Arbery, the black jogger who was shot dead in Georgia in February.
On Wednesday Crump called Taylor's death an execution.
'You can't walk while black. With Ahmaud, you can't jog while black. Driving while black. But Breonna Taylor was sleeping while black in the sanctity of her own home,' Crump said during a news conference.
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The family of the slain black EMT whose fatal shooting by police during a botched drug raid in March has sparked national outrage says that Louisville cops obtained the warrant based on false information that investigators gave to the judge
por Sara Parer (2020-05-25)
The family of the slain black EMT whose fatal shooting by police during a botched drug raid in March has sparked national outrage says that Louisville cops obtained the warrant based on false information that investigators gave to the judge.Attorneys for the family of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor filed a lawsuit against Louisville Metro Police Department alleging that a detective falsely claimed that a drug suspect was receiving postal packages at her house.
In the early morning hours of March 13, Louisville police executed a ‘no-knock' raid on her home as part of an investigation centered on two men suspected of selling drugs in the Russell section of the city.
The search warrant used to justify the police raid which left Breonna Taylor (left), 26, dead on March 13 claimed that Taylor's home was used by a suspected drug dealer, Jamarcus Glover (right), to receive suspicious packages. The family says this claim is false and is suing police
Taylor was in bed in her home that night with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. According to the family, Walker, who was licensed to carry a firearm, fired his gun thinking that the couple was being burglarized. He was arrested and charged with attempted murder of a police officer
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has called for an outside review into the killing of Taylor, who was shot eight times on March 13 by police
Taylor's apartment in southwest Jefferson County was more than 10 miles away from the Russell neighborhood, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.
Police suspected Taylor's home was used to receive drugs, and a judge signed off on a ‘no-knock' warrant allowing law enforcement officials to raid her home.
Just before 1am, Louisville police said they identified themselves before using a battering ram to enter Taylor's home, where she and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were in bed.
Taylor's neighbors and her family dispute this. They said police never identified themselves, and that Walker, who was legally allowed to carry a firearm, shot at the cops thinking that he was being robbed.
Police responded with gunfire, killing Taylor, who suffered eight gunshot wounds.
Walker was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer after Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was shot in the leg during the raid.
Mattingly, Officer Brett Hankison, and Officer Myles Cosgrove were the three detectives who raided Taylor's home.
Officers fired at least 20 rounds during the raid. The above image shows a bullet hole piercing what appears to be a piece of furniture in Taylor's home
A bullet hole is seen in a glass window at Taylor's apartment in southwest Jefferson County
One of the bullets penetrated a box of cereal in Taylor's home on March 13
Hankison is named in a separate federal lawsuit filed by a Louisville resident, Kendrick Wilson, who alleges that the officer harassed suspects with unnecessary arrests and even planted drugs, according to the Courier Journal.
All three officers are named as defendants in the lawsuit filed by Taylor's family.
Taylor had no criminal record and worked for two local hospitals. The lawsuit alleges that police fired at least 20 rounds into the home.
The warrant which was approved by a judge the day before Taylor died was based on a detective's belief that one of the drug suspects in Russell, Jamarcus Glover, used Taylor's residence to receive mail, keep drugs, or stash money from the sale of drugs.
Glover was arrested in a separate raid that same night more than 10 miles away from Taylor's home.
A Louisville detective wrote in an affidavit that he saw Glover leave Taylor's apartment two months before the raid with a United States Postal Service package which he then transported to a ‘known drug house,' according to the Courier Journal.
The three officers in the case - Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly (left) and Officers Brett Hankison (center) and Myles Cosgrove (right) - have not been charged in the shooting and have been placed on administrative leave
The detective wrote that he verified the information ‘through a US Postal Inspector.'
But the inspector, Tony Gooden, told WDRB-TV that he was never asked by the Louisville Metro Police about any suspicious packages being sent to Taylor's apartment.
Gooden said a different law enforcement agency asked his office in January to investigate whether any suspicious mail was going to Taylor's resident.
After looking into the request, Gooden said his office found there was nothing suspicious linked to Taylor's home.
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‘There's no packages of interest going there,' Gooden said.
Benjamin Crump, a Florida-based lawyer who specializes in high-profile cases involving police shootings of African Americans, said that Gooden's statement ‘directly contradicts what the police stated in the affidavit to secure a no-knock warrant for her home.'
Crump is now part of a team of lawyers representing Taylor's family.
‘Gooden further stated that "no packages of interest were going there",' Crump said.
‘We will continue to demand transparency from the Louisville police on behalf of Breonna's family.'
Taylor's death sparked outraged nationwide. Her family is suing Louisville and its police department for wrongful death
DailyMail.com has reached out to Crump and the LMPD for comment.
‘No-knock' warrants are a controversial practice that allows law enforcement officials to raid a suspect's home without identifying themselves or notifying the suspect beforehand.
Supporters of the practice say that it prevents suspects from destroying evidence during the time that authorities use to identify themselves.
But opponents say that it poses various dangers.
Houston police stopped the practice of no-knock raids last year after two civilians were killed and four officers were shot during a drug raid that was launched based on faulty information.
No-knock raids have resulted in officers being shot because residents who are legally permitted to carry firearms believed they were being burglarized.
Several states, including Kentucky, have ‘stand your ground' laws that allow the use of lethal force in case they fell victim to crimes such as assault, rape, and burglary.
Louisville's top cop and mayor urge DOJ and FBI to investigate deadly police shooting of black EMT
Louisville officials have now asked the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI to review the police department's internal investigation of the killing of Taylor.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad announced their request for additional federal help on Thursday.
They said the results would be forwarded along with the findings of the police integrity unit to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear also called for an outside review into the killing of Taylor.
The death of the 26-year-old emergency medical technician sparked a national uproar and calls for federal intervention.
'My priority is always that the truth comes out,' the mayor said. 'We can be transparent with the people of our city. And we can and we must also talk about the relationship between our police and our communities of color: past, present and future.'
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer (left) and Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad announced their request for additional federal help on Thursday. They said the results would be forwarded to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron
The police review is going to the state's attorney general since the county's prosecutor, Thomas Wine, recused himself from the case, a statement by the mayor's office said.
Wine also asked state officials to appoint a special prosecutor for the case on Wednesday to avoid a conflict of interest since he is prosecuting Taylor's boyfriend, Walker, for the shooting of the officer.
A lawyer for Walker said he fired in self-defense because the officers did not announce themselves, a point disputed by Louisville police.
'One reason the news of this case hits people so hard is because it reopens old wounds - the history of racism and the mistreatment of people of color in our community,' said Fischer.
Kendall Boyd, the director of the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission, said city officials have put together an initiative, the Synergy Project, to have constructive dialogues about the 'strained' and 'broken' historical relationship between police and communities of color.
'Everybody gets to say their truth,' Boyd said.
Mayor Fischer said in a statement Tuesday: wbc247 'Police work can involve incredibly difficult situations. Additionally, residents have rights. These two concepts will and must be weighed by our justice system as the case proceeds.'
Senator Kamala Harris blasted the lack of an independent investigation into the officers' conduct as an injustice.
'When you look at Breonna Taylor. A woman who was 26, an EMT, and this one woman had a dream of becoming a nurse. And she's sitting in her apartment when she's killed by police who were at the wrong place serving a warrant. There should be an investigation. That's not justice,' Harris said Wednesday on NBC News.
An online petition called #StandWithBre seeking to arrest and charge the police officers involved in the shooting, terminate them, and pursue charges has gained over 171,000 signatures.
Taylor's heartbroken family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in April in Jefferson Circuit Court.
Taylor 'had posed no threat to the officers and did nothing to deserve to die at their hands', the lawsuit says.
'More than 25 bullets hit objects in the home's living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, hallway, both bedrooms in Taylor and Walker's apartment and into the adjacent home, where a five-year-old child and pregnant mother lived,' the lawsuit states.
The case emerged in the national spotlight when Taylor's family hired Crump, the prominent civil rights lawyer who also represents the family of Ahmaud Arbery, the black jogger who was shot dead in Georgia in February.
On Wednesday Crump called Taylor's death an execution.
'You can't walk while black. With Ahmaud, you can't jog while black. Driving while black. But Breonna Taylor was sleeping while black in the sanctity of her own home,' Crump said during a news conference.
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