Kentucky Gov. requests evidence in Taylor case
His statement came after the Attorney General said that two white police officers who fired into the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, will face no charges for her death because their use of force was justified.
A third will be charged with the wanton endangerment of her neighbors.
Benjamin Crump, a civil rights lawyer representing the Taylor family, said it was “outrageous” that none of the officers would be criminally charged with causing Taylor’s death.
Taylor, 26, was killed in front of her armed boyfriend shortly after midnight on March 13 inside her Louisville apartment after Hankison and his two colleagues forced their way in with a search warrant.
The two other officers, Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove, were not charged because they were justified under Kentucky law in returning fire after Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot at them, wounding Mattingly in the thigh, Cameron said.
“There is no doubt that this is a gut-wrenching, emotional case,” Cameron, a Black Republican, said at a news conference.
Governor Beshear called on Cameron to release all evidence in the case so that the public could better understand the outcome of the investigation.
“Everyone can and should be informed,” Beshear said. “Those feeling frustration, hurt - they deserve to know more.”
