Breonna Taylor: Prosecutors want trial of detective in shooting held in Louisville

The Kentucky Attorney General’s workplace requested a choose this week to maintain the trial for one of the officers concerned in the Breonna Taylor shooting in Louisville, citing a “large and diverse” pool for jurors, in response to a report. 

Former Det. Brett Hankison was charged with wanton endangerment final September for firing into an condo subsequent to Taylor’s and exhibiting “extreme indifference to human life.” A person, a pregnant lady and a baby have been contained in the condo. He additionally shot into one other empty condo.

Taylor’s demise turned an integral half of the battle towards police brutality and racial justice protests that swept the nation final yr, stirred by the police custody demise of George Floyd in Minneapolis final May after an officer kneeled on his neck for a number of minutes.

Last month, Hankison’s legal professional, Stew Mathews, argued his trial ought to happen in one other county as a result of he claimed the previous detective has been portrayed in a damaging mild by the media, which may prejudice his jury and “irreparably harm” his likelihood for a good trial, WRDB-TV in Louisville reported. 

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He instructed Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Ann Bailey Smith the “media circus” and portrayed his consumer in a “false and negative light.”

The request was denied by Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s workplace, saying Matthews had not proven conclusively “public opinion is so aroused in the county as to reasonable preclude a fair trial” and noting that potential jurors will likely be questioned about potential bias earlier than the trial.

The Kentucky Supreme Court lately upheld a choose’s resolution to maintain the trial in Jefferson County, including that transferring it to a different county would probably trigger “hardship” for lay witnesses and victims, all of whom stay in Louisville, WDRB reported.

Hankison and two different Louisville Metro Police officers, McKenzie Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been concerned in the deadly shooting of Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room tech, in her condo on March 13, 2020, following a no-knock drug raid. No medicine have been discovered inside.

None of the officers have been indicted for Taylor’s killing, setting off one other wave of protests and criticism.

Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a warning shot when officers entered as a result of he thought he and Taylor have been being robbed, his legal professional stated. The officers, who later stated that they had introduced their entry, fired again, hitting Taylor. Walker shot one of the officers in the leg.

FBI ballistics specialists decided one of Cosgrove’s bullets had killed her. 

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Jefferson County, which incorporates Lousiville has the best share of Black residents in the state, round 22%, WDRB reported, in comparison with lower than 13% in each different county in the state.