The Louisville Courier-Journal has a leaked police report on the details about why the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) decided to perform a “no-knock warrant” on her home. And as you can imagine, it is a hit piece on Breonna Taylor. It details links she had to a drug dealer LMPD was pursuing.
Editor’s note: The Courier Journal has exhaustively covered all aspects of the fatal March 13 shooting of Breonna Taylor at the hands of Louisville Metro Police Department officers. As the investigation of their conduct continues, this story examines documents and other evidence we obtained that helps explain why LMPD pursued the no-knock search warrant and why they were there that night. It does not justify the shooting but provides more insight into this highly controversial case that has captured the nation’s interest. An earlier version of this story published prematurely Tuesday morning before final edits were made. We apologize for that misstep.
An internal report written by Louisville Metro Police after officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor on March 13 sheds more light on the reasons why they chose to forcibly enter her South End apartment the night she was killed.
However, it provides no explanations or evidence aimed at justifying the shooting that has sparked three months of protests in Louisville and national outrage, with critics accusing police of smashing into the home of an unarmed Black woman for no legitimate reason and killing her.
The 39-page report and corroborating evidence show that Taylor had more extensive ties than previously made public with an accused drug trafficker who was at the center of a larger narcotics investigation in Louisville. It is not known if details included in the report were presented to the judge who signed the controversial "no-knock" warrant for Taylor's apartment.
The findings of the report, supported by jail phone recordings and other documents obtained by The Courier Journal, detail multiple links between Taylor and Jamarcus Glover of Louisville, a main target in a drug probe that prompted police to request the search warrant for Taylor’s apartment.
Plainclothes officers that night battered in her door, searching for drugs and illicit cash. None were found.
"Breonna Taylor did not deserve to die no matter what her role in all this,” said a Jefferson County law enforcement official who asked not to be identified because Kentucky's attorney general is still deciding whether the officers who shot Taylor should be prosecuted.
The gist is that LMPD supposedly had evidence that Breonna Taylor was getting packages delivered to her home that were picked up by a known drug dealer and former Taylor BF — Jamarcus Glover. The LMPD also has tapped conversations of Glover claiming that Taylor was holding most of cash from the drug deals. No drugs or cash were discovered at Taylor’s home.
Even useless Mayor Fischer pointed out that this was a hit piece:
Mayor Greg Fischer's statement
"Breonna Taylor's death was a tragedy. Period. Justice, peace and healing are what is needed for her, for her family and for our community. Today a news story was released that includes information related to the Breonna Taylor case, despite the fact that the Attorney General and FBI have insisted that the investigation remain confidential for the integrity of the judicial process as a whole. In addition, attorneys for Breonna’s family, the county attorney, and the civil attorneys for the officers are under a protective order that does not permit them to disclose evidence in this case. It is deeply reckless for this information, which presents only a small fraction of the entire investigation, to be shared with the media while the criminal process remains ongoing. It would be unjust to draw conclusions about this case before the investigation is complete and the full truth comes out. And, efforts to sway opinion and impact the investigation by releasing select information are wrong and divisive, at a time when our city needs unity more than ever before."
Five months this has gone on. Five months. By the way, State Attorney General Cameron is giving a speech at the Republican convention and has said nothing will be released this week about Breonna Taylor.
And if you are a rural Kentuckian, which is most people in this state, Senator Rand Paul thinks that you should get mail delivered TWICE a week:
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul suggested Friday the cash-strapped Postal Service should consider reducing the number of days it delivers mail to rural areas to as little as two days a week.
During a high-profile Senate hearing Fridayover recent operational changes President Donald Trump's administration has made to the Postal Service, Paul, R-Ky., said slimming down the frequency of the agency's deliveries would be the easiest way to keep providing personalized service to people at their homes.
"And, frankly, people who live 20 miles down a shale road — if you told them they were going to get it twice a week versus six times a week ... I really think people could live with that," Paul said.
Paul also floated the idea of Congress passing a bill that cuts the Postal Service's overall delivery schedule from six to five days per week, which he said would save up to $1.5 billion.
No, I don’t think Kentuckians are smart enough to give Rand Paul the hell he deserves. After all, Paul was sent to Washington as a “Fuck YOU!” to Obama in the 2010 Election. Paul has served his purpose. Who cares that Kentuckians are suffering from not getting their medications and checks on time?
Speaking of which, a public appeal to Amy McGrath: WHY THE HELL ARE YOU NOT RUNNING ADS ABOUT TRUMP’S AND MCCONNELL’S SABOTAGE OF THE USPS?
Sorry, I had to get that out of my system.
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