It operates independent of the court and prosecutor. The hallmark of the grand jury is independence. This is necessary to insure justice is done for the victims and the accused. The grand jury voted to return an indictment for three counts of wanton endangerment, for putting the three individuals in the apartment in harm of serious injury or death. And if accused, can serve up to five years for each count. And in the first degree, when under circumstances manifesting with indifference to the value of human life, he wantonly engages in conduct which create as substantial danger of death or serious injury to another person. My office is prepared to prove these charges at trial. However, its important to note he is presumed insnnocent until proven guilty. Weve all heard mention of possible charges that could be pra brought in this case. Important to understand they have specific meanings and ramifications. Criminal homicide inkencompasse the taking of a life with another. These charges are not applic thoobl falktsz before us because our investigation showed that maddingly and cosgrove were appropriate in the return of deadly fire after having been fired upon by Kenneth Walker. According to kentucky law, the use of force by maddingly and cosgrove was justified to protect themselves. This justification bars us from pursuing criminal charges in miss Brianna Taylors death. The truth is now before us. The facts have been examined and a grand jury, comprised of our peers and fellow citizens, has made a decision. Justice is not often easy. Does not fit inmold of Public Opinion and does not conform to shifting standards. It answers only to the facts and the law. With this in mind, we must ask ourselves where do we go from here . Will we continue to prosecute the charges brought in this case as it now precedes through the justish system and move to trial . That is our responsibility. And this will be done while the fbi continues its investigation into violations, potential violations of federal law. My team set out to determine the circumstances surrounding mrs. Taylors death. Kentuckyans deserve no less, the city of louisville deserve no less. Every person has an idea of what they think justice is. My role, as special prosecutor in this case is to set aside everything in pursuit of the truth. My job is to apply those facts to the grand jury and then to the law. If we rely on outrage, there is no justice. Justice sought by violence is not justice. It just becomes revenge. And in our system, criminal justice is not the quest for revenge. Its the quest for truth. Evidence and facts and the use of that truth, as we fairly apply our laws. Our reaction to the truth is the society we want to be. Do we really want the truth . Or do we want a truth that fits our narrative. Do we want the facts . Are we content to blindly accept our own version of events . We, as a community, must make this decision. I understand that ms. Brianna taylors death has become a part of a National Story and conversation. But we must also remember the facts and the collection of evidence in this case are different than cases elsewhere in the country. Each is unique and cannot be compared. There will be celebrities, influencers, and activists who having never lived in kentucky, will try to tell us how to feel, suggesting they understand the facts of this case and that they know our community and the commonwealth better than we do. But they dont. Lets not give into their attempts to influence our thinking or capture our emotions. At the end of the day, if is up to us. We live here together. We work here and raise our families here together. I urge those protesting on the streets to remember this. Peaceful protests are your right as an american citizen. Instigating violence and destruction are not. I have spoke within both mayor fisher and governor in the days leading up to the announcement and urge them to do what is necessary to maintain law and order and protect our cities and our people. We have a long road ahead, as we pursue this case through the criminal system and as we address the pain in the louisville community. Im committed to being part of the healing process. When tragedy occurs, we must mourn. We must also do everything we can to prevent it from happening again. Today, consistent with that view, im announcing i will create a task force to review the process for securing securing and executing search warrants in kentucky. And including citizens represents from the judiciary, dp Defense Attorneys and elected leaders. I believe having a top to bottom review of the search warrant process is necessary to determine if changes are required and establish the best practices. I can assure you they will continue to give their attention and time. Were also going to support the good men and women of the Law Enforcement community that put their lives on the line every day to protect and serve. And ill fight for those across the state who feel like their voice isnt heard, who feel marginalized, judged and powerless to bring about change. In the world forcing many of us to pick a side, i choose the side of justice. I choose the side of truth. I choose a path that moves the commonwealth forward and towards healing. You have that choice as well. Lets make it together. Thank you and god bless. Ill now take some questions. I wont get into the specifics of the grand jury. Roughly conclusive to say that any of his bullets hit ms. Taylor. And based on what youre saying today, one of the officers involved are directly responsible for Brianna Taylors death. This is a tragedy. And sometimes, the criminal law is not adequate to respond to a tragedy. And i fully acknowledge that and i know many that are watching today and those listening recognize that as well. But the response is that the grand jury was given all of the evidence, presented all the information, and ultimately, made the determination that detective henkinson was the one to be indicted. Grand jury proceedings are secret and so im not going to get into the specifics of details about that preceding. What i will say is that we presented all of the information and they ultimately made a determination about whether to charge in this instance. They decided to indict detective henkinson. Do you think state law needs to be changed . When it comes to officers firing back in self defense, do you think the current state law needs to be changed . What my role, as the special prosecutor in the case, was to provoid the information and facts to the grand jury. Detective cosgrove and sergeant maddingly were identified returning fire because they were fired upon. We have vigorous self defense laws in this case. Ill let others make judgments about that. And whether or not officers announced their presence. The decision made march 13th, show that they did knock and announce. The important point is that information was corroborated by another witness, who was in close proximity to apartment 4, who corroborated that information and said that there was a knocking and announcing by the officers. Civilian or Law Enforcement . The witness was a civilian. Would that not be a manslaughter charge . Well, to your question, i think again its important to step back and recognize what we did was uncover all the information and facts relating to the morning of march 13th. Ingrand jury had every piece of detail and ultimately the conclusion was the decision needed to be made to indict. Number one,io said she was shot six times, yet her death certificate says five. And journalists, myself included, have taken apart the apartment complex looking for witnesses, to the point you made of the knocking and announcing. Only one, a man directly upstairs heard them announce. Do you think thats enough . In the middle of the night when someone is asleep, for just one person in a tight knit apartment block to have heard that . Is that a sufficient way of announcing . Let me try to answer your second question first . Is it enough for me . I think the more pertinent question is what was the evidence provided to the grand jury . They got to hear and listen to all the testimony and made the determination that detective henkinson was the one needed to be indicted. As to your first question, can you have say it one more time. The death certificate says five and youre saying six. So, there is a bullet that was lodged and bullet might be too generous a term. Fl was an object lodge under to the feet. And thats in the sixth pujectile. Are you going to release the full grand jury report . Right now, because there is a pending indictment, i think it is our practice and because there is an ongoing fbi investigation to revisit that question but at this point, i dont think its appropriate to us to release that information. Well, that is what the evidence shows is that there was nothing conclusive to dp demonstrate any of his bullets hit. Well, again, all the evidence was given to the grand jury and they made the decision that, one, endangerment was the charge to file or to indict against mr. Henkenson. Sorry. Your last question about providing information. In any criminal investigation, the best practice, and this is whether on the state or federal level, is not to make too many specific comments about the investigation because you do not want to compromise that investigation. There are also ethical considerations as prosecutors that were responsible to abide by as well. Some of those continue now because we have a responsibility to pursue the prosecution against detective henkenson. It is my judgment, very early on, that we needed to take the case in the Attorney Generals Office. As you know, the commonwealths attorney was conflicted out of this case because of another matter he was pursuing. I could have farm this out to another Commonwealth Attorney in one of our 120 counties. Instead, i did not do that because the resources we have to bring to bear, and the relationships that we have with our federal partners, in my judgment, were needed to uncover the truth in this case. And part of the reason the investigation took so long is because we needed to make sure that we were doing a thorough job of looking at all the facts and gathering all the materials. Interviewing witnesses, making sure that all of our people felt confident in their presentation to the grand jury. I will remind you, as late as friday, we were still interviewing people in the case. And so, the length of it is because this case deserves thorough and fair analysis. That was needed and deserved. By brianna and by her family. For the officerinize volved. For the community of louisville and for the commonwealth. We needed to have a thorough investigation. We also got the fbi involved in terms of the ballistics report. We needed additional their ability to scruttenize and make an independent assessment. So, the length of the investigation was a reflection i hope people understand of how important it was that we got this right. We didnt want to rush it and we did not. And i am grateful to the team that is behind me for the work they did. Look, over 200 years of combined experience. These are prosecutors and investigators who dont care about political distinctions, dont care about influence in any particular regard. What they care about is the truth. And we presented that to the grand jury. Sir. Im sorry. I wont get into what our private conversation was. Yes, maam. What do you stie people who say this is just another example of the black community not getting full justice and what specifically do you plan to do to calm a community thats long been hurting. And do you understand that anger . I certainly understand the pain that has been brought about by the tragic loss of miss taylor. I understand that, as an attorney general, who is responsible for all 120 kunties, in terms of being the chief legal officer, chief Law Enforcement officer. I understand that as a black man, how painful this is. And which is why it was so incredibly important to make sure we did everything we could to uncover every fact. Look, this team, myself, the members enough representatives of the Attorney Generals Office have taken a lot of criticism and scrutiny. But that scrutiny, in many ways was misplaced because there was not a day that people in this office didnt go to sleep thinking about this case and was ant day where the first thing on our minds is getting to the truth in this case. And obviously, again, the criminal law is not meant to respond to every sorrow and grief. And that is true here. But my heart breaks for the laws of miss taylor and ive said that repeatedly. My mother, if something was to happen to me. Would find it very hard and ive seen that pain on miss palmers face, and ive seen that pain in the community. And what our responsibility, in the ags office was to make sure that we uncovered every fact that we utilized every resource we could bring to bear to uncover the facts and the truth and thats ultimately what we presented to the grand jury. On the question of what im going to do, ive talked to partners in the community about helping to be a constructive member of any conversations moving forward. I recognize, in my remarks, i mentioned the fact well be established a task force in the coming days ahead to look at best practices for warrants. So, there is a lot i can do in this platform. To help. With the the Washington Post had a couple of quick questions. I hear your voice. Just wanted to double check. Did the grand jury ever consider the charges of manslaughter, reckless homicide, and if so, why . And do you anticipate any other charges in this case . Can you say that a little louder. Sure. Did . Grand jury ever consider manslaughter or reckless homicide and if so, please explain why. And do you anticipate any other charges or is this it . I wont get into the precedeings again but ill say our team walked them through every homicide offense and presented all of the Information Available to the grand jury and then the grand jury was ultimately the one that made the decision about indicting the detective for wanton endangerment. I think, in terms of what happened in the wee hours of march 13th, in terms of that particular date and what happened inside the apartment, it is unlikely there will pea any additional prosecutions that come from that event itself. Attorney general. So, can you go into the confusion over the fatal shot fired and what the issue was in terms of determine that and did you present to the grand jury with any charges against maddingly and cosgrove . As to your first question, what i think you asked about was the reports provided to us by Kentucky State Police and it was inconclusive. Again, with the relationships that we have with our federal Law Enforcement community, and namely the fbi, i thought it imperative we utilize that resource. And so, they undertook an independent analysis and review of and conducted or p provided a ballistics report. There was nothing this team was able to gleen, suggesting there was an objective reason for why fbi was able to conclusively or definitively state that m mr. Cosgrove fired the fatal shot. Both, again, ksp, their lab well regarded, well respected. Fbi equally regarded and respected. That said, it certainly creates some issue in terms of providing that information to the grand jury and at any subsequent prosecution. And so, it was from our judgment, important to provide both of those to the grand jury and let them make a determination about what to do with that determination. Were they presented with any charges for maddingly and cosgrove . They will walk through all of the homicide offenses. And with that information, and the information and facts that were provided to them that we uncovered in our investigation, they made the determnation that detective was the one that needed to be indicted here. Yes, maam. [ inaudible ]. Um, so, what i will say is theres obviously i dont want to get into the precedeings relating to mr. Walker. So, im not going to have any comment on that. This team behind me presented to the grand jury and your other question was about the racial makeup well, im black and i speak for the entire department. And i hope that will satisfy that question. Yes, maam. Yes, maam, im sorry. I know you said the investigation has taken months and presented to the grand jury monday. How long did they deliberate . On monday or tuesday . And that was this week, correct . I will say they started early monday and concluded some time before noon. And so, they heard everything they needed to hear. We didnt withhold anything and i hope that satisfies your question. Are they going to be on this task force, per chance and will you be taking some of the information from the bills to work with on this . I dont want to put the cart before the horse, but i did mention in the remarks that we are certainly going to have elected leaders on this task force. And i imagine that some of the policy questions and some of the proposals that have already been put forward and entered in the public conversation will be part of this task force. I want to make sure people recognize this task force is being established, not to demonize any one side or any one department or agency. I think its a healthy thing for the attorney general from time to time to be part of a conversation with all 120 counties. Im not talking or singling out any county specifically. But with all 120 counties, about best practices to be utilized and i had a conversation with someone who said theres always room for either from a particular matter that occurred or just because ritszer the right thing to do. Did any of the officers ask to testify or present evidence to the grand jury . I dont want to get into specifics but testimony was heard by the grand jury of all sorts of witnesses and folks. Again, all relevant information was provided to the grand jury for them to make their assessment. How was it that, Kenneth Walker, who fired the shot at the officers was not hit and Brianna Taylor was hit so many times . Well, thats part of the tragedy here. And again, i dont want to get into the specifics but the fact that she was hit breaks my heart and it breaks the collective heart of all the country. But i dont want because we have a, now an open prosecution, i dont want to get too into the details of the trajectories themselves. One, i understand the names of grand jurors werent released but what prevents you from releasing the gender and racial makeup of the grand jury . And you mentioned cosgrove fired the fatal shot but can you clarify how many shots in all hit by miss taylor water fired by maddingly is how many by cosgrove . Inconclusive in terms of how many shots from each officer. We werent able to identify with that level of specificity. As to the makeup of the grand jury, we might be able to i need to confirm on that front. Yeah. The fact that this is received so much scrutiny, i think it would be inappropriate for me to share the information about the makeup of the grand jury to the extent i can protect them. The role we now have is to pursuing the ongoing prosecution against detective henkinson. So, i think it would be irresponsible for this office to release any sort of file because we have this ongoing prosecution and im not going to comment and shouldnt be recommending any recommendations as relaltes to release of a file. Were going to have time for two more questions. I certainly dont think that, whether its the grand jury or our responsibility as investigators or prosecutors, is to find the truth. So, when folks from outside the commonwealth suggest or make their preferences or opinions known, it should have no bearing on our role as prosecutor and investigator and fact finder. Even with folks within the commonwealth, again. This is a tragedy. I dpoentd want to lose sight of that. But we have a responsibility to look at the fact as they are and we cant be in the business. I dont think we want a Justice System in the position of fashioning facts or laws to a particular narrative. We have to be in the business of presenting it to the grand jury. Actually, well take these last two here. So, either one can start. Thank you very much. I wanted to ask if you if you believe, personally, that someone should have been charged with homicide or one of the similar charges in this case, and if you could please walk us through what happened after officers knocked on the door. Did they hear any answer . How long did they wait before everything erupted . And thank you very much. As to your first question, again, this is about what the grand jury decided. One of the misconceptions out there is that the Attorney Generals Office was in the business of making charges and thats just simply not the case under kentucky law. Our role is to present information to the grand jury. We dispense with that responsibility. We did it after a protracted investigation that uncovered all of the facts. That was our role, our responsibility. And wait for him to ultimately make a judgment about what to do next and in this case, in this instance, they decided to indict. Detective henkenson. As to what was provided to the grand jury, i cant get into the details or specifics on that particular issue. In the beginning, you said you spoke with Brianna Taylors family today. I know you cant tell us word for word what they said to you but how was the news received . Well, it was a hard meeting. And i wont go any further. I wont elaborate. But it was a difficult meeting. And look, when i ran for this office, and i ran because ive had singular ideas in mind, and you never know what issues youll be presented with and what challenges youll be presented with. And today was one of those challenges to have to sit in that room and provide the information to miss palmer and other members of the Taylor Family. Its been a difficult day. This has been a difficult day for everyone sfanding up here. A difficult day for those that have to report this and its a very difficult day for louisville. All of the commonwealth, all of the country. I recognize that. I certainly recognize the responsibility i have in the healing process. I hope those at home watching, those that perhaps have ideas about being angry or pained by this decision, i hope we will respond in a manner that respects our First Amendment rights but also respects our responsibility as the bible talks about loving our neighbors. And that we can do so, keeping Brianna Taylors legacy in mind but also in a way that respects louisville, our city, the city i live in. Again, this is a hard day. I am under no illusion it is not. And all i can offer is that our office uncovered every fact that was relevant to the wee hours of the Morning Hours of march 13th. We provided that information and youre all sitting here, whether at home, know the results of that process and now we have the responsibility to prosecute that indictment, move forward in that matter. But all of us have a repaunsability to work together, to find Common Ground too, find ways to love one another. And just be good neighbors. So, thats what i implore. As you all report on this in a responsible manner, thats what i implore. Those watching on television, we are have the responsibility of coming together now. I hope you will take that charge seriously. Our governor likes to talk about Team Kentucky and i believe him, earnestly. In that charge and i hope that extends to the results issue here today and i hope that extends to all the neighbors in all of our communities. Thank you and god bless. All right, i want to bring in laura coats to talk about what weve just seen from the attorney general in kentucky. One of three officers who fired into the apartment of Brianna Taylor has been charged. Three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree. But none of those charges have to do with the death of Brianna Taylor. And just to take people back to the night of march 13th and what happened here, on one side of that door, of apartment 4, Brianna Taylors apartment, were police executing a warrant involving Brianna Taylors exboyfriend, who was not present at the apartment that night. And this was a noknock warrant but according to what we heard from the attorney general, it had been told to them that they needed to announce themselves and appeared one witness that said they did. But to hear it from Brianna Taylors then boyfriend, who was inside, all he heard was knocking. He didnt know it was please. And when the door came off the hinges, he said he fired a shot and that is a shot that hit Sergeant John mattingly in this case. And i just want laura and ariva, for you to weigh in here. Because theres still a lot of Unanswered Questions about why they couldnt determine who fired that fatal shot and then also the fact that this whole process didnt even deal with obtaining the warrant when thats a question of why were they fl that night and how they obtained and executed this. I think that this morning we woke up 194 days had passed since the killing of Brianna Taylor and not a single officer had been charged or fired for that particular aspect and today and tomorrow, will be 195 days because nothing has changed to the indictment because theyre not dealing with the killing of Brianna Taylor. Prr what theyve charged is somebody could have died through the wanton behavior of exofficer henkinson, who fired indiscriminately at a neighboring apartment. And theyre dealing with those particular occupants and not Brianna Taylor. Reason theyre giving it is because they believe the officer whose did shoot into the apartment, the two not charged, were justified in using lethal force because they had first been fired upon by the boyfriend of Brianna Taylor, who felt in fear for his life and that of Brianna Taylor. Its inconclusive as to which bullet, which gun was the one responsible for having shot six times into Brianna Taylor. The fact that was not the real focus of the grand jury process, the idea they were focusing instead on those who could have died, which is important but those who could have died verse as woman who actually did. Try to reconcile that point when theyre shouting in the streets that black lives matter. Aapparently it took the potential for life to be lost. And i think he tried in what seems his best effort, attorney general, by pointing out there was not enough information to conclude that their actions were unjustified. And that, once again, shows why often times justice just feels like the carat always dangled and never actually caught. I wonder what you think, especially as we talk about the charges when they have to do with detective henkinson, ten of them fthrough a window and a sliding door that had shades or some sort of visible obstruction on it, none of those were responsible or shot Brianna Taylor. But that is of little comfort to those looking at this process and hoping there would be more accountability. There are a couple of things that struck me about the press conference and the attorney general. Definitely the point youre making about the charges with respect to bullets that didnt shoot any person, nthat went. Fooempty space but no charges with respect to the at least six that went into Brianna Taylors body and resulted in her death. And the conversation about the witnesses. That the New York Times reporter said investigators, reporters all over the country have combed that apartment complex and talked to as many as 12 witnesses and only one person heard the Police Announce themselves and somehow in the basis of the one, verses 12 that heard nothing, there was a determination the police did announce themselves. I think all people are going to have a difficult time believing that and being able to accept that as a justification for police entering of the apartment. And the other thing, even though the attorney general got emotional and was preaching to people about stay focussed non facts and understand the role of an attorney general and Police Investigators and grand juries are. I dont think its not going to be lost on people. This is an attorney general that appeared a that Republican National convention and spoke on behalf of donald trump. And knowing his office was investigating a case of this magnitude that would take on the kind of grand magnitude it does in terms of black lives Matter Movement too, have him associated with that convention and Donald Trumps message about mobs and law inorder and all the terms hes attached to people peacefully protesting. It left something to be desired and probably undermined his credibility to a certain extent. And to that point, i wonder what both of you think about that. I question the judgment of the Kentucky Attorney general saying, quote, mob justice is not justice. He said it becomes revenge. Thats not being said in a vacuum because that word the mob and the president having said that if joe biden wins, the mob wins, we know this is very politicallyloaded language. Its already been seized by people on both sides of this debate in what were seeing in this fight for criminal Justice Reform in this country. Clearly this was something he chose his words carefully. Well t was not coincidental, nor was his statements about dont let outsiders or celebrities or media try Tell Kentucky people how to feel. You should make sure these are all outsiders. These are triggering words for people. Hidden gestures to show he was demonstrating that he was well aware of the talking points that are out there. And i found it problematic, particularly given the great odds and length he went through to talk about why he took so long to come to his conclusion too, put it before the grand jury, that he wanted to make sure there was objectivity, no hint of impropriety. Then you have a bull horn in fronted of your face as you use these certain words. The idea this will ring hollow and disingenuous. Remember, all the discussions about mob violence really are an attempt to conflate people who are rightfully and righteously, peacefully protesting with those engaged in behavior that might be criminal. But people are asking him why did you not choose manslaughter . Why, if there was a wanton disregard for human life, why was that not an available option for the grand jury . The idea that it was the grand jury who chose those charges and the grand jury who decided on the claims. Every time i have indicted someone, it was me, as the prosecutor, presenting the relevant statutes to the grand jury. Not the other way around where they told me how to prosecute a case. I found that was that clear to you . Because there was a report whoor asked were they presented with counts regarding cosgrove and mattingly and perhaps your legal ear might have prewont havsent answer mine did not. Right. They had all the actual statutes of homicide and all the Different Levels but did not answer the specific question which was i could describe to you what the kentucky laws say about murder and homicide and manslaughter. But did i present those actual charges . Did i tell you here are the charges im seeking an indictment on. And here are the factual statements im using. Can you vote whether to indict on these charges. Id love to hear your opinion. He suggested, instead of we told them the universe and they told us what they want us to do with it. Remember, for good or bad, they can prosecute ham sandwiches. Because were in control of that particular room. Ariva, i do want to bring in sushown because hes on the ground in louisville. Shimon. Reporter so, were now weve been marching for several blocks. As you can see, were marching through the streets. So, march of downtown has been shut down. A lot of the people in ingroup were inside the square, the park, the Jefferson Square park when the announcement came. Very unhappy. I saw people people continue to march here and very unhappy about the grand jury decision. Now, theyre just marching through the streets. Its not clear where were going, where were heading. There are Police Officers. And the police in the distance, there has been small pockets of confrontations between the police and some of the protesters. Its been mostly peaceful. Theyve been chanting Breonna Taylors name and marching through the streets together and voicing their unhappiness. They havent gotten an opportunity to hear what the attorney general has said. So, they havent reacted to that. Now, were stopped here. Theres several cars. And as the protesters continue to gather throughout louisville. Were keeping an eye on what we are seeing with the reaction to this announcement that no officers have been charged directly with Breonna Taylors death. One of the three officers charged and it had to do with firing bullets into another adjacent apartment to Breonna Taylors that had three occupants in it. I want to bring in Charles Ramsey and don lemon, the anchor of cnn tonight. Charles, before we went to the attorney general here, we were talking. You said, it you didnt want it lost that Kenneth Walker fired shots. There were two realities going on. When you hear Kenneth Walker talking about it, he was saying he had no idea who was coming in. He was legally carrying a firearm that he carried. He didnt know it was police. And police saying, according to the a. G. , the witness said they knocked and they announced. We know that Breonna Taylor and her boyfriend heard them talking. Whether they understood it was police, kenneth says, no, they did not. And they fired. And they have the two officers that were fired upon. Why were they there . How did they obtain this warrant . What did you learn from the attorney general . I learned that none of the officers executed the warrant. Were the officers that applied for the search warrant to begin with. Thats right. They were separately executing the search warrant. They had no idea, other than the fact that they were at a particular address and had a valid search warrant. And so forth. They did knock. Mr. Walker says they knocked. One witness said they heard the officers announce. There was many witnesses that did not hear that. I fully understand that. The purpose of the knock is not for the witnesses. Its for the people inside the apartment. Its the early Morning Hours. People could have been asleep, what have you. But the bottom line is, they had a valid warrant. It was a noknock warrant. They didnt have to knock. This is a tragedy no matter how you look at it. When you think about, you know, they go through the door, forced entry. One officer is shot. They returned fire. It is a tragedy, plain and simple. They were justified in returning fire, in my opinion. Nobody had the information that were discussing now. These are things that have come out now. And were all aware of it. At the time, when youre executing a warrant, youre reacting to whats going on. And one officer was shot in the thigh, he returns fire and his partner returns fire. Unfortunately, miss taylor was struck and killed p its just tragic. I would like to see the warrant, though. I dont know why they didnt look at that. They said, we didnt deal with the obtainment of the parent. Thats what the feds are dealing with, how he explained that. D don, i know, charles says its tragic. It is tragic. When we think about what happens here and what comes out of this, theres a task force that the attorney general has announced for obtaining and the execution of warrants. Clearly an admission that that didnt go as it should have. Theres a local law now against these noknock warrants. Breonnas law. 12 million to the estate from the city for Breonna Taylor. Shes its her life, don. Theres so many people looking at this and saying, what is it worth . Right. Well, im glad you led into me that way. Ill let the Law Enforcement people, the attorneys, deal with that part of it. I can only speak to the tragedy that this is. And my thoughts go out to Tamika Palmer and the rest of the Taylor Family right now. Looking at this story, as a human being, as an american, as someone who is part of a family, someone knocks on your door in the middle of the night and youre sleeping. You dont know if they hear you, if the knocks are being heard. And what people are saying. It was a noknock warrant and they say they identified themselves. You dont know if the people in the house heard that. And these things, as the attorney general said, happened very quickly. If you are you have people shooting back and worth. The tragedy is that Breonna Taylor is dead, on a warrant that was i would imagine gained through information that was not there. They didnt find drugs at the place. Breonnas boyfriend who was arrested for drugs and has admitted to it, said that Breonna Taylor had nothing to do with Drug Trafficking at all. Theres no drugs at the house. They never found drugs at the house. The person they were looking for at the house was not there. Breonna taylor, who is a medical aid, an emergency worker, this happened during the early parts of covid. Someone out there putting her life on the line, trying to help people. They go there with a battering ram. They thought she was align. Why so much firepower, if you thought Breonna Taylor, emergency worker, was there alone . Theres a number of things that dont add up. I agree with the attorney general, that says we have to be prudent. We should protest with this. I dont believe in the violence. To me, i dont understand, why this attorney general, who had such a big case ahead of him, knowing he would have to announce whatever charges, whatever came out of this case, why he would choose to go speak at the republican convention. Remember, this was the same convention with the st. Louis who pulled guns on protesters in st. Louis. Why he would go on such a politicallycharged event, at such a politicallycharged and racially charged time, his creditability is at stake with announcing these charges. Work out the evidence. I think everyone should listen to the evidence. We should be prudent about it. There should be no violence. People should protest if they want. Thats their prerogative. But i want you to think, as a person, someone knocks on your door in the middle of the night looking for something that is not there, and for a person, evidence, that is not there. And all of a sudden, your loved one ends up dying from it. Thats where my heart goes. They will figure out what happens to the officers. And he said hes going to investigate it vigorously. Okay, investigate it vigorously. But what happens to Breonna Taylors family . No one can make up for the heartbreak. Thats what i am looking at. The summer of george floyd. And this may be the fall of Breonna Taylor. And these mistakes, use hear Law Enforcement and the a. G. , admitting problems with obtaining the warrant. Why were they at the first place . What was the evidence . What was the evidence . The mistakes say there are mistakes that lead to this and they admit this. And the a. G. Said something about the Justice System being inadequate for addressing these kinds of things. It certainly feels that way, don. Yeah. It does. And again, i can only imagine what happened. Officers are using a battering ram to go in. Things are happening extremely quickly. For the officers and for the people who are inside the home. I know that Police Officers are under tremendous pressure and tremendous danger, for a big part of their jobs. But it is their job. It is part of their job to execute things in a manner that deescalates situations. And thats what their training is supposed to provide for them, ways to do that. It appears that at least one of the officers in this case, didnt do that. And thats why he is charged with three charges. Again, i think its an office tragedy. We should be thinking about the family at this moment and what they are dealing with. Certainly. They feel this is outrageous. The indictment handed down, which has nothing to do with Breonna Taylors death, has to do with the engagemedangerment people in an apartment next to hers. Our special coverage will continue right now with kate baldwin. This is cnn breaking news. Hey, everybody. Im kate baldwin. Thank you for joining us this hour. Were going to continue to follow the breaking news in the Police Killing of Breonna Taylor. A grand jurys decision announced just moments ago, saying that only one of the three officers involved in the shooting is being charged. Former detective brett hankison, he is indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment. But none of the officers are charged with the killing of Breonna Taylor,