Ballistics don't support AG Cameron's claim Breonna Taylor's boyfriend shot officer

[EarthFirst]

Source: Courier Journal

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky State Police ballistics report does not support state Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s assertion that Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot a Louisville police officer the night she was killed.

Cameron told reporters Wednesday the investigation into Taylor’s March 13 death had ruled out “friendly fire” from ex-Louisville Metro Police officer Brett Hankison as the source of the shot that went through LMPD Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly’s thigh, prompting him and officer Myles Cosgrove to return fire, killing Taylor.

Cameron said Hankison had been eliminated as the shooter because the three officers were all carrying .40 caliber handguns, while Walker had a 9.

Steve Romines, one of Walker’s attorneys, said he had obtained a LMPD record showing Hankison had been issued a 9-mm weapon as well.

Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/09/27/ballistics-report-dont-support-daniel-cameron-claim-breonna-taylor-boyfriend-shot-louisville-cop/3552007001/

[The Magistrate]

1. So The Officer Who Shot Blind, Sir, Hit The Wounded Officer?

Sounds about par for the course....

[FBaggins]

11. Not sure that's a reasonable conclusion

Walker admits to having fired a 9mm round. The contrary claim does not appear to be that one of the officers was also using a 9mm during the clash... but rather that he had previously been issued a 9MM by the department. Walker's attorney does not appear to have shared the documentation nor given a reason to believe that the second weapon was at the scene or had been fired.

[The Magistrate]

12. Has The Round Been Matched To Mr. Walker's Gun, Sir?

That would, I agree, settle the matter.

[FBaggins]

13. The report indicates that it couldn't be matched at all

But only one 9mm round was recovered from the scene and one had been fired from Walker's gun. Crafting a story that includes one of the officers carrying a second weapon firing a single round (and in the opposite direction) while Walker's round was never found - (along with all the coverup that would then have occurred)... seems far less plausible then that Walker's round hit someone.

Didn't they decline to charge him on the basis that he had a right to self-defense?

[The Magistrate]

14. It Could Be On The Up And Up, Sir

I am inclined to treat anything police and prosecutors say in cases of police malfeasance rather like the testimony of the pals a fella was playing cards with while the bank was robbed....

[brush]

2. So the cop shot himself? Is that part of the cover up? Shouldn't be hard to do...

ballistic tests on all the weapons involved if they want the actual true.

And so what if the boyfriend shot the cop? He had a legal carry permit and Kentucky is a stand-your-ground/castle doctrine state. If someone is busting in your door you have the right to shoot.

And the AG's contention that the cops knocked on a no-knock warrant sounds extremely shakey as 12 witnesses said they heard no knock while the AG's office said one witness heard a knock. That sure sounds like bullshit to me as why would you knock with a no-knock warrant?










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[catrose]

4. Just a guy trying to defend his community, his family...while black

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[brush]

5. Yep, lying in bed while black.

[catrose]

6. But a white 17-yr-old with an illegal weapon crossing state lines to shoot people he doesn't know

that's totally different. Also different if you're a cop.

[yardwork]

8. Looks like the cop who shot wildly into the other apartment also shot one of the other cops.

[brush]

9. Ahhh...thanks. I read that wrong since one cop and the boyfriend both had 9s.

That one cop also had his service weapon right?

[wolfie001]

3. The absolute LAST THING this gang of cops want.....

....is the truth. Fucking bastards the whole lot of 'em.

[progressive nobody]

7. In other words the DA lied and the cops can't be protected by self-defense laws?

[VA_Jill]

10. stupid ad blockers

that I can't unblock. Anyway, it's a coverup all the way up and down. Which figures. Louisville cops and DA are ALL dirty.