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Breonna Taylor family attorneys calls LMPD's raid 'sloppy police work'

Breonna Taylor family attorneys calls LMPD's raid 'sloppy police work'
ATTORNEYS ARE CALLING THE RAID SLOPPY POLICE WORK. HER AND KENNY BELIEVES THA THEIR HOUSE WAS BEING INVADED. AND THEY HAD A RIGHT TO TRY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST A HOME INVASION. REPORTER: AROUND 1:00 MARCH A.M. 13TH, A LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL INTERDICTION UNIT EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE HOME OF BREONNA TAYLOR. TAYLOR AND HER BOYFRIEND, KENNETH WALKER, WERE INSIDE AT THE TIME. ACCORDING TO THE SEARCH WARRANT, POLICE REQUESTED A "NO-KNOCK ENTRY", BUT IN A PRESS CONFERENCE THE DAY AFTER THE SHOOTING, POLICE SAID THEY ANNOUNCED THEMSELVES BEFORE ENTERING TAYLOR FAMILY ATTORNEY SAM AGUIAR SAYS HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CAS >> WE HAD NICE WORK FROM A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND SOME CANVASSING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE’VE GOT FOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY RELIABLE THAT SAY THERE WAS NO KNOCKING AND THERE WAS NO ANNOUNCING. REPORTER: ACCORDING TO CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP, W IS ALSO REPRESENTING THE TAYLOR FAMILY, WALKER FIRED SHOTS BECAUSE HE THOUGHT INTRUDERS WERE BREAKING INTO THE APARTMEN ONE SHOT HIT SERGEANT JONATH MATTINGLY. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. NOW, WALKER IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER. >> DO AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE A RIGHT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT? DOESN’T HE HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAND HIS GROUND AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HE BELIEVES ARE BURGLARIZING HIS HOME REPORTER: DETAILS FROM THE SEARCH WARRANT SPARKED NEW QUESTIONS FOR THE TAYLOR FAMILY ABOUT WHY THE POLICE RAIDED HER HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE. LMPD HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR JAMARCUS GLOVER, A SUSPECTED DRUG DEALER WHO HAD TIES TO TAYLOR. ACCORDING TO ARREST RECORDS, GLOVER HAD BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE THE RAID BUT THE SEARCH WARRANT SAYS GLOVER USED TAYLOR’S ADDRESS HIS HOME ADDRESS AND POLICE OBSERVED HIM PICKING UP PACKAGE FROM HER APARTMENT BACK IN JANUARY BEFORE DRIVING TO A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE >> IF THEY REALLY THOUGH BREONNA TAYLOR WAS A SPOT FO HIM TO PICK UP PACKAGES AND THAT THESE PACKAGES CONTAINED THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN’T, THEN WHY THE WORLD WOULD THEY WAIT UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF MARCH TO EXECUTE A NO-KNOCK DRUG RAID REPORTER: A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE TAYLOR FAMILY AGAINST SGT. JOHNATHAN MATTINGLY, OFFICERS MYLES COSGROVE AND BRETT HANKISON, CLAIMS THE OFFICERS BLINDLY FIRED MORE THAN 20 SHOTS INTO TAYLOR’S APARTMEN THE AFFIDAVIT CALLS THE OFFICERS’ CONDUCT GROSSLY NEGLIGENT, RECKLESS AND MALICIOU LOUISVILLE MAYOR GREG FISCHER TALKED ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION DURING HIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON NEWS CONFERENCE, SAYING LMPD’S PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP THEIR INVESTIGATION IN THE COMING WEEKS. AND GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT WE LEARN THE FACTS. >> THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS THE VER BEST ANSWER, WHETHER IT SATISFIE ANY PARTICULAR PERSON. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT. WE GET THAT FOR THE FAMILY AND WE GET THAT FOR THE PUBLIC. REPORT
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Breonna Taylor family attorneys calls LMPD's raid 'sloppy police work'
Attorneys for Breonna Taylor's family are demanding a thorough investigation and transparency from the Louisville Metro Police Department.It's been exactly two months since she was killed in an officer-involved shooting at her home. Since then, her family says they've gotten no answers and her attorneys are calling the raid "sloppy police work.""Her and Kenny believed that their house was being invaded, and they had a the right to try to protect themselves against a home invasion," said Ben Crump, part of legal team representing Breonna Taylor's family. Crump also represents in the Ahmaud Arbery case.Around 1 a.m. on March 13, a Louisville Metro Police Department criminal interdiction unit executed a search warrant at the home of Breonna Taylor. Read the search warrant hereTaylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were inside at the time. According to the search warrant, police requested a "no-knock entry," but in a press conference the day after the shooting, police said they announced themselves before entering. Watch it below:Taylor family attorney, Sam Aguiar, says he does not believe that was the case."We had nice work from a private investigator and some canvassing of the neighborhood. We've got four people who are very reliable that say there was no knocking and there was no announcing," said Aguiar.According to Crump, Walker fired shots because he thought intruders were breaking into the apartment. One shot hit LMPD Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly. He was treated and released from a hospital. Now, Walker is charged with attempted murder of a police officer."Do African-Americans have a right to the Second Amendment? Doesn't he have the right to stand his ground against people who he believes are burglarizing his home?" said Crump.Details from the search warrant sparked new questions for the Taylor family about why the police raided her home in the first place.LMPD had been looking for Jamarcus Glover, a suspected drug dealer who had ties to Taylor. According to arrest records, Glover had been arrested before the raid, but the search warrant says Glover used Taylor's address as his home address and police observed him picking up a package from her apartment back in January before driving to a known drug house."If they really thought Breonna Taylor was a spot for him to pick up packages and that these packages contained things that they shouldn't, then why in the world would they wait until the middle of March to execute a no-knock drug raid?" said Aguiar.A lawsuit filed by the Taylor family against Mattingly, and officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison, claims the officers "blindly" fired more than 20 shots into Taylor's apartment. The affidavit calls the officers' conduct grossly negligent, reckless and malicious. Since Taylor's death has been brought back into the light, several politicians have called out for a thorough investigation, including Mayor Greg Fischer, State Rep. Charles Booker and Gov. Andy Beshear.Fischer said Wednesday he expects the investigation by LMPD's Public Integrity Unit to wrap up in the coming weeks.He outlined the next steps in the video below: The mayor said the Commonwealth's Attorney has asked for a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into the the officer's conduct, citing conflict of interest.

Attorneys for Breonna Taylor's family are demanding a thorough investigation and transparency from the Louisville Metro Police Department.

It's been exactly two months since she was killed in an officer-involved shooting at her home.

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Since then, her family says they've gotten no answers and her attorneys are calling the raid "sloppy police work."

"Her and Kenny believed that their house was being invaded, and they had a the right to try to protect themselves against a home invasion," said Ben Crump, part of legal team representing Breonna Taylor's family. Crump also represents in the Ahmaud Arbery case.

Around 1 a.m. on March 13, a Louisville Metro Police Department criminal interdiction unit executed a search warrant at the home of Breonna Taylor.

Read the search warrant here

Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were inside at the time. According to the search warrant, police requested a "no-knock entry," but in a press conference the day after the shooting, police said they announced themselves before entering. Watch it below:

Taylor family attorney, Sam Aguiar, says he does not believe that was the case.

"We had nice work from a private investigator and some canvassing of the neighborhood. We've got four people who are very reliable that say there was no knocking and there was no announcing," said Aguiar.

According to Crump, Walker fired shots because he thought intruders were breaking into the apartment. One shot hit LMPD Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly. He was treated and released from a hospital. Now, Walker is charged with attempted murder of a police officer.

"Do African-Americans have a right to the Second Amendment? Doesn't he have the right to stand his ground against people who he believes are burglarizing his home?" said Crump.

Details from the search warrant sparked new questions for the Taylor family about why the police raided her home in the first place.

LMPD had been looking for Jamarcus Glover, a suspected drug dealer who had ties to Taylor.

According to arrest records, Glover had been arrested before the raid, but the search warrant says Glover used Taylor's address as his home address and police observed him picking up a package from her apartment back in January before driving to a known drug house.

"If they really thought Breonna Taylor was a spot for him to pick up packages and that these packages contained things that they shouldn't, then why in the world would they wait until the middle of March to execute a no-knock drug raid?" said Aguiar.

A lawsuit filed by the Taylor family against Mattingly, and officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison, claims the officers "blindly" fired more than 20 shots into Taylor's apartment.

The affidavit calls the officers' conduct grossly negligent, reckless and malicious.

Since Taylor's death has been brought back into the light, several politicians have called out for a thorough investigation, including Mayor Greg Fischer, State Rep. Charles Booker and Gov. Andy Beshear.

Fischer said Wednesday he expects the investigation by LMPD's Public Integrity Unit to wrap up in the coming weeks.

He outlined the next steps in the video below:

The mayor said the Commonwealth's Attorney has asked for a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into the the officer's conduct, citing conflict of interest.