Botched 'no-knock' police raid and fatal shooting of EMT while she slept 'was based on false claim that drug dealers were using her home to stash cash and narcotics'
Daily Mail
May 18, 2020
The search warrant used to justify the police raid which left Breonna Taylor, 26, dead on March 13 claimed that Taylor's home was used by a suspected drug dealer, Jamarcus Glover, to receive suspicious packages.
The family says this claim is false and is suing police.
Police suspected Taylor's home was used to receive drugs, and a judge signed off on a 'no-knock' warrant allowing law enforcement officials to raid her home.
Just before 1am, Louisville police said they identified themselves before using a battering ram to enter Taylor's home, where she and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were in bed.
Taylor's neighbors and her family dispute this. They said police never identified themselves, and that Walker, who was legally allowed to carry a firearm, shot at the cops thinking that he was being robbed.
Police responded with gunfire, killing Taylor, who suffered eight gunshot wounds. Walker was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer after Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was shot in the leg during the raid.
EDITOR'S NOTE: I tend to agree with the family and neighbors that the cops did not ID themselves. Why else would they request a 'no-knock' search warrant which allows them to attempt entry without first announcing their identity.
And since officers in a narcotics investigation unit often look rather scroungy, it is plausible that Walker mistook them for dopers trying to rob him.
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