Louisville's police department is going to fire one of the cops who killed Breonna Taylor, though neither he nor the other two officers face any charges—at least not yet
ver three months since a group of Louisville police officers barged into Breonna Taylor’s apartment and killed the 26-year-old EMT in her sleep. Now, after weeks ofpublic outcry demanding consequences for Taylor’s killers, the KentuckyAdvertisementon Friday that interim Louisville Metro Police Department chief Robert Schroeder had begun termination proceedings for officer Brett Hankison.
“It’s about damn time,” Sam Aguiar, an attorney for Taylor’s family, told the AP. “It should have happened a long time ago, but thankfully it’s at least happening now.”This is an officer that’s plagued our streets and made this city worse for over a dozen years,” Aguiar continued.Let’s hope that this is a start to some good, strong criminal proceedings against Officer Hankison, because he definitely deserves to at least be charged.
No action has been taken against Jon Mattingly or Myles Cosgrove, the other two officers involved in Taylor’s death, WLKY
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