Andrew Meyer and Lt.
Jeff Artman said the three officers who carried out the botched raid should’ve held their fire after Breonna’s boyfriend,
“They took a total of thirty-two shots, when the provided circumstances made it unsafe to take a single shot. This is how the wrong person was shot and killed,” Meyer wrote.
Walker has maintained that the officers did not announce themselves before entering the apartment, and the shot he fired was in self-defense.
The report says officers
Myles Cosgrove, and
Brett Hankison violated department policy when they opened fire without considering hitting someone who was not a threat, the outlet reported. Mattingly, who fatally shot Taylor who was sleeping at the time of the raid, “should not have taken the shot” at Walker since Walker wasn’t an isolated target.
Diner in Louisville Seen Drawing Handgun as Armed Black Lives Matter Protesters Swarm Restaurant
A man was seen brandishing a firearm at Black Lives Matter protesters some of whom appear armed in Louisville, Kentucky.
Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley told Fox News that “multiple armed protesters entered the restaurant property, which included outdoor dining space” at La Chasse, a restaurant located in the 1300 block of Bardstown Road.
A reporter with the Louisville Courier-Journal tweeted several photos and videos showing the confrontation. An older man with a blue shirt is seen holding a small, Derringer-like pistol.
“During the encounter both patrons and protesters brandished firearms,” Smiley told Fox News. “This incident occurred after the arrests of southbound protesters in the area on the 1500 block of Bardstown Road. The arrests of that group were made after protesters repeatedly blocked the roadway despite officers giving multiple verbal requests for them to u
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Kentucky can seek to enforce its price-gouging laws against Amazon.com sellers it accused of seeking to profit illegally from the COVID-19 pandemic last year, a federal appeals court has ruled, lifting an injunction won by a group of online merchants.
A unanimous 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s enforcement action against the sellers did not run afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s so-called Dormant Commerce Clause, which generally bars states from regulating interstate commerce. The decision was a setback for the Online Merchants Guild, an e-retail industry group that had sought to block Cameron’s price-gouging investigation.
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Police officers nationwide have quit in droves over the last year while law enforcement agencies have struggled to attract new recruits because of the increasingly “toxic” political environment, police groups said.
“We are seeing a large number of officers leaving the force,” Fairfax County Police Association (FCPA) President Jeremy Hoffman told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “What’s just as disturbing as that is we’re having trouble recruiting.”
More than 5,300 New York Police Department officers retired or quit in 2020, a 75% increase compared to 2019, while more than 200 officers quit the Seattle Police Department, citing the growing anti-police climate.