Breonna Taylor: Lawsuit after US health worker shot dead by police

[Cray]

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...ions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation

New Body-Cam Footage Raises Questions About Breonna Taylor Death Investigation

Footage and documents obtained by VICE News depict Louisville police officers apparently violating department policies and cast doubt on the integrity of the crime scene and the investigation.


. VICE News has previously reported that crime scene photos contradict initial statements by the LMPD claiming that the officers involved, who work narcotics, do not wear body cameras. Photographs of officers taken from that night clearly show Tony James, one of the at least seven officers present for the raid, wearing a body camera over his right shoulder.)

Have always wondered about the story that "plain clothes officers don't wear bodycams"....

Seems to me if you are executing a search warrant the idea of anonymity is null and void and a bodycam would help the case of an officer who did everything by the book... It seems body cams are released very quickly when police actions support the official narrative but disappear very quickly when police actions seem to be suspect...

 

[Jabulani22]

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...ions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation



Have always wondered about the story that "plain clothes officers don't wear bodycams"....

Seems to me if you are executing a search warrant the idea of anonymity is null and void and a bodycam would help the case of an officer who did everything by the book... It seems body cams are released very quickly when police actions support the official narrative but disappear very quickly when police actions seem to be suspect...

They should be mandatory imo , would sort out a lot of public misunderstanding and ensure better behaviour by police.
The footage should also be made publicly available within hours of an incident .

 

[Cray]

They should be mandatory imo , would sort out a lot of public misunderstanding and ensure better behaviour by police.
The footage should also be made publicly available within hours of an incident .

Agree completely.

 

[TysonRoux]

Prosecutors' Plea Deal Required Drug Suspect To Name Breonna Taylor A 'Co-Defendant'

Prosecutors' Plea Deal Required Drug Suspect To Name Breonna Taylor A 'Co-Defendant'

Taylor's ex-boyfriend, who now faces drug trafficking charges, was offered a plea deal that named the late 26-year-old EMT as a member of his alleged criminal enterprise. He turned the deal down.

www.npr.org

A man charged with running a drug syndicate was offered a plea deal in July if he would name Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman who had been killed by police in her Louisville, Ky., apartment, as a member of his alleged criminal gang, according to the man's attorney.

Prosecutors say the plea offer was just a 'draft'

Commonwealth's Attorney Tom Wine said in a statement that the offer that included Taylor's name was a "draft" and part of ongoing negotiations with Glover. He added that drafts are never part of the court record and are not court documents.

"You make offers and you get counteroffers," Jeff Cooke, a spokesman for the Commonwealth's Attorney's office told NPR.

"That was just the first shot," Cooke said, adding that the final plea sheet given to Glover and his lawyer does not include Taylor as a co-defendant.

"We were aware of the information in the warrants as well as the jail phone calls where Mr. Glover implicated Ms. Taylor in his criminal activity," Wine said. "When I was advised of the discussions, out of respect for Ms. Taylor, I directed that Ms. Breonna Taylor's name be removed."

 

[Jabulani22]

This happens to persons of interest in crime.
The cops want to put as many people involved with crime or criminals away.
This is not newsworthy.
How long was she an EMT for ?
And when last ?

 

[The Voice]

This happens to persons of interest in crime.
The cops want to put as many people involved with crime or criminals away.
This is not newsworthy.
How long was she an EMT for ?
And when last ?

Up until they found a dead body in a car she had rented.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Watch the video.

Which part, and what does he actually provide evidence for? Just saying 'watch' a 26 min by that hack isn't very helpful.

 

[Kieppie]

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...ions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation



Have always wondered about the story that "plain clothes officers don't wear bodycams"....

Seems to me if you are executing a search warrant the idea of anonymity is null and void and a bodycam would help the case of an officer who did everything by the book... It seems body cams are released very quickly when police actions support the official narrative but disappear very quickly when police actions seem to be suspect...

Not sure why the officers at her house did not wear them, but you can see from bodycam footage of one officer that helped to treat the officer that was shot that the officer was not wearing one. Side note vice's article mentions that the evidence appears to be altered between night and morning. It looks like the shells just rolled a bit, possibly wind?

I don't have enough data to watch movies in HD, but here is some footage. In 1080p you should be able to see the officers as dressed at the scene.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...ions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation



Have always wondered about the story that "plain clothes officers don't wear bodycams"....

Seems to me if you are executing a search warrant the idea of anonymity is null and void and a bodycam would help the case of an officer who did everything by the book... It seems body cams are released very quickly when police actions support the official narrative but disappear very quickly when police actions seem to be suspect...

And shows, again, that the officers lied, brazenly.

More lies, including absurd breaches of protocol in the internal investigation:

Ex-LMPD chief initially told by commanders that Breonna Taylor fired rifle at officers

Former Chief Steve Conrad testified the information he initially received was 100% contradictory from what he later learned. "I was concerned at this point about this conflicting information," he told

www.wdrb.com

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Some more detail on the 1 witness that the AG is hanging all of this on, while ignoring the 13 witnesses from the same apartment building who didn't hear anything.

The Key Witness in the Breonna Taylor Investigation Changed His Story

Aarin Sarpee initially told investigators that he didn't hear police say who they were before ramming through Taylor's door. Two months later, he drastically changed his recollection.

www.vice.com

This was his initial statement:

According to the Public Integrity Unit’s investigative file, LMPD investigators spoke to Sarpee on the phone twice in the ensuing months. On March 21, a week after the shooting, Sgt. Jason Vance asked Sarpee directly if he heard anyone identify themselves as police. Sarpee responded, “No, nobody identified themselves.”

 

[OrbitalDawn]

After lying about the case, the 'official' story by the AG falls apart even more. If he had a shred of integrity he'd resign.

Ballistics don't support AG Cameron's claim Breonna Taylor's boyfriend shot officer

A Kentucky State Police ballistics report failed to match a bullet that hit a Louisville cop in thigh to a shot fired by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend.

www.courier-journal.com

The 'very troubling' questions AG Cameron isn't answering on the Breonna Taylor decision

Questions linger over Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's choices in the grand jury investigation of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting by police.

www.courier-journal.com

 

[Cray]

After lying about the case, the 'official' story by the AG falls apart even more. If he had a shred of integrity he'd resign.

Ballistics don't support AG Cameron's claim Breonna Taylor's boyfriend shot officer

A Kentucky State Police ballistics report failed to match a bullet that hit a Louisville cop in thigh to a shot fired by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend.

www.courier-journal.com

The 'very troubling' questions AG Cameron isn't answering on the Breonna Taylor decision

Questions linger over Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's choices in the grand jury investigation of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting by police.

www.courier-journal.com

I wonder if any cop has even been prosecuted in the US for accidentally killing a bystander in a shootout?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I wonder if any cop has even been prosecuted in the US for accidentally killing a bystander in a shootout?

Not sure, but the ease with which the police lie about things that are trivially easy to verify really makes you wonder what they do when people aren't around to verify.

Here's another recent example where they blatantly lied immediately after the event, even though there are hundreds of people with phones recording it:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1310270339302162435

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Louisville SWAT Team Told Investigators They Had Concerns About Raid on Breonna Taylor’s Apartment

Interviews with Louisville SWAT members suggest alarms were raised before the raid that killed Breonna Taylor, and that many left the scene with serious concerns.

www.vice.com

Two months after police killed Breonna Taylor while executing a search warrant on her apartment in the middle of the night, a Louisville SWAT commander told investigators he had serious concerns about how the deadly raid was carried out.

The comments, made by Louisville Metro Police Department Lieutenant Dale Massey in a lengthy interview with detectives from the department’s Public Integrity Unit, suggest alarms were raised by some officers before the raid, and that Massey wasn’t the only one who left the scene with serious concerns.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

The thicken plots...

AG Cameron to release Breonna Taylor grand jury records after juror complains he misled

The grand juror is not named in the filing, seeking only to have the proceedings disclosed so that "the truth may prevail," they wrote.

www.courier-journal.com

An unidentified grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case is demanding the release of the grand jury’s transcript and related recordings so “the truth may prevail.”

In a motion filed late Monday afternoon, the juror also asks a judge to allow fellow jurors to give up their confidential status if they wish and speak freely about the controversial case that saw one of three Louisville police officers who fired their weapons at Taylor's apartment indicted on felony charges.

The motion also accuses Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron of using the grand jurors "as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility for those decisions" and says that has led to "more seeds of doubt in the process."

 

[Kieppie]

The thicken plots...

AG Cameron to release Breonna Taylor grand jury records after juror complains he misled

The grand juror is not named in the filing, seeking only to have the proceedings disclosed so that "the truth may prevail," they wrote.

www.courier-journal.com

Benjamin Crumb is a professional race baiter and liar. That’s how he makes his money. He certainly does not want these cases to go to trial. That would allow facts to get in the way of a good story. He wants to make enough noise so the city/state pays him off. The louder he shouts, the more the city or state will settle for. He continued spouting the Blake lie that he was there to break up a fight. He claimed cops had racist intent with Trayvon Martin case etc. etc. He is doing more harm than good to society by sowing racial discord, but as long as he makes his money...

It's shocking that they acquiesced due to mob demands. Grand Juries have always been a secret process for very good reasons. Hopefully it does not negatively affect the ongoing federal case.

If all the evidence is released and it proves the DA correct will people accept it and move on? Highly Doubtful.

 

[TysonRoux]

Kentucky AG to share Breonna Taylor grand jury recording

REPORT: Kentucky AG to share Breonna Taylor grand jury recording

Reports say Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will release a recording of the grand jury proceedings in the death of Breonna Taylor.

www.cbs46.com

According to the Washington Post, the attorney general said he will provide the information Wednesday on a judge’s order, despite concerns the release could compromise an ongoing investigation and cause other repercussions.

Lawyer for grand juror in Breonna Taylor case says prosecutor ‘may not have presented’ all the evidence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/28/breonna-taylor-grand-juror/

An attorney for a grand juror who considered charges in the death of Breonna Taylor said Tuesday that the Kentucky attorney general “may not have presented” all the evidence, but said he could not detail what was missing until a recording of the proceedings is released and his client is allowed to speak about the process.

Kevin Glogower, who represents the unidentified grand juror, said Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) framed responsibility for the charging decision differently Monday than when he announced it in the past week. Cameron initially said the jury agreed with prosecutors that the only warranted charges were for wanton endangerment against one officer, but he later said those charges were the only indictments his office recommended.
“The primary concern that our client has is, if you watched the press conference after the reading of the indictment, the attorney general laid a lot of responsibility at the grand jurors’ feet,” Glogower said at a news conference Tuesday. “If you look at the statement that the attorney general’s office released yesterday, they attempted to walk that back.”

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Cameron's BS falling apart, with more lying coming out.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1310952472631021571

 

[Craig_]

Am curious as to why you regard Walker as a thug, he has no criminal record, is a registered firearm owner and was at home at the time...

This is either a rhetorical question, or you don't know the people around here very well.

 

[TysonRoux]

Grand jury not presented with murder charges against 2 officers in Breonna Taylor's death, AG Cameron says

Grand jury not presented with murder charges against 2 officers in Breonna Taylor's death, AG Cameron says

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said his office did not give the grand jury in the Breonna Taylor case the option to consider murder charges in her death.

www.wdrb.com

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said his office did not give the grand jury in the Breonna Taylor case the option to consider murder or even lesser charges charges in her death.

In an exclusive interview with WDRB News on Tuesday, Cameron said it was "not appropriate" to recommend charges for two Louisville Metro Police officers — Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Det. Myles Cosgrove —who fired shots into her apartment early on March 13, six of which hit Taylor.