Ben Crump reacts to delayed decision to fire detectives in Breonna Taylor case
Breonna Taylor (Image source: Instagram – @breonnataylor)
Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump is speaking out about the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department’s latest decision to fire Detective Joshua Jaynes and Detective Myles Cosgrove in connection with the untimely death of Breonna Taylor. On Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, Crump, along with his co-counsels Sam Aguiar and Lonita Baker, released a statement weighing in on the latest development in the case.
“Thanks to the assertion from Louisville postal inspector Tony Gooden in May, we’ve known for over seven months that the warrant executed in the Breonna Taylor case was based on lies,” the statement read, according to EurWeb. “Yesterday, the Louisville Metro Police Department finally admitted it in their intention to terminate the employment of Det. Joshua Jaynes and Det. Myles Cosgrove.”
Louisville police move to fire two more officers involved in raid that killed Breonna Taylor Updated: December 29, 2020 Published December 29, 2020
FILE - This undated file photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. In news reported on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, Louisville police have taken steps that could result in the firing of an officer who sought the no-knock search warrant that led detectives to the apartment where Taylor was fatally shot. (Courtesy of Taylor Family attorney Sam Aguiar via AP, File)
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Print article Louisville police on Tuesday moved to fire two officers involved in the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor’s home in a bid for more accountability in the tragedy that ignited the country last summer amid a broader racial-justice movement.
Louisville Courier Journal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Detective Myles Cosgrove failed to properly identify a target when he fired 16 rounds into Breonna Taylor s apartment the night Louisville Metro Police fatally shot the 26-year-old Black woman, according to a copy of his pretermination letter obtained by The Courier Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.
In seeking his firing, interim Chief Yvette Gentry found Cosgrove violated Louisville Metro Police procedures for his use of force and failing to use a body camera during the March 13 raid.
Cosgrove, the FBI concluded, fired the shot that killed Taylor, hitting her pulmonary artery. But his rounds sprayed the apartment, and he wasn t certain what he was shooting at, according to the letter.