Adjacent apartment during the fatal no knock raid. According to kentucky law, the use of force by mattingly and cosgrove was justified to protect themselves. This justification mars has from pursuing criminal charges in his Breonna Taylors debt. Amy we will go to louisville for the latest. Then we speak to jacob blake, sr. His son was paralyzed last month after police in kenosha, wisconsin, shot him in the back seven times in front of three of his children. They shotsons my son seven times. Seven times. Like he did not matter. But my son matters. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. O. Org, the quarante report. Im amy y goodman. In louisville, kentucky, a grand jury has declined to charge any of the three white police offificers who killed breonnnna taylor with her death, more than six months after they shot the 26yearold black emergency room technician in her own home. The grand jurys only indictments were three counts of wanton endangerment agains
Amy this is dememocracy n now , democracynow. Org, the e quarante report. Im amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. As oututrage mounts over the grd jury ruling in the Police Killing of breonna taylor, we turn to wisconsin n where the investigation into the Police Shooting of jacob blake is in its final stages. Jake blakes case became a flash point for National Protest after the africanamerican father was shot in the back by Kenosha Police seven times in august, paralyzing him. Wife Police Officer rusten at pointired the shots blank range into jacob blakes back as blake leaned into his car. Inside the car were his three boys a age 3, 5, and eight. Prosecutors in wisconsin have tapped former Madison Police chief noble wray to serve as an independent t voice during the final stages of the investigation into the shooting. Wray will review the state department of justices findings before a report is sent to Kenosha County District Attorney michael graveley, who will ultimately decide whether cha