LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s mayor said Friday that one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor will be fired.
Mayor Greg Fisher said interim Louisville police Chief Robert Schroeder has started termination proceedings for Officer Brett Hankison. Two other officers remain on administrative reassignment while the shooting is investigated.
Fischer said officials could not answer questions about the firing because of state law. He referred all questions to the Jefferson County attorney’s office.
Taylor, who was black, was gunned down by officers who burst into her Louisville home using a no-knock warrant. She was shot eight times by officers conducting a narcotics investigation on March 13. No drugs were found at her home.
This whole “officials could not answer questions about the firing because of state law” thing has got to change.
Given my knowledge of local law enforcement, fired in Louisville and hired immediately somewhere else.
Unless the officer is arrested and convicted of manslaughter.
Everyone please notice the deafening silence of the NRA in this case of a legal gun owner defending his castle under the threat of armed intruders. Apparently the NRA only cares if the gun owner is pale. Stand Your White Ground might be their de facto motto when trying to sell more guns to a populace they wish to scare.
good to know that Louisville jumped right on the problem and maybe fires one of the cops involved in Breonna Taylor’s after 3 months of hoping it would go away
Whoa. FIRED? Taking an awfully big stick to the issue, aren’t you Mr. Mayor?
You realize this means the next time he kills someone, he could be ARRESTED??
(h/t Naked Gun)