Post Hill Press goes on with book by officer in Taylor raid
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NEW YORK – The publisher of memoir by a Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid on Taylor’s apartment says it will release the book even though its distributor, Simon & Schuster, announced it would “not be involved.”
Post Hill Press, based outside of Nashville, Tennessee, has scheduled a fall release for Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly’s “The Fight For Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy.”
“Post Hill Press continues to move forward with plans to publish Sgt. Mattingly’s book,” according to a statement provided Friday to The Associated Press. “His story is important and it deserves to be heard by the public at large. We feel strongly that an open dialogue is essential to shining a light on the challenging issues our country is facing.”
Matt Gaetz as well as right-wing figures like
Dan Bongino and
Laura Loomer.
Before withdrawing from distributing the book, Simon & Schuster said in a statement: “The editorial and publishing decision of our distribution clients are theirs and theirs alone, and are made independently of Simon & Schuster. Per our agreements with them we are unable to pick and choose which titles on their list to distribute.”
Taylor, 26, was shot eight times when Sgt. Mattingly and two other LMPD officers executed a no-knock warrant at her Louisville apartment in March 2020. Authorities believed her ex-boyfriend,
Jamarcus Glover, 30, was hiding drugs or money at the apartment. At the time of the raid, Glover was already in police custody 10 miles away. No drugs or cash were found at Taylor’s home. Many believe the officers targeted Taylor to rob her of the money and drugs they believed she was in possession of.
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Taylor, a licensed EMT, was fatally shot by police serving a search warrant of her Kentucky home on March 13, 2020. Lawrence Bryant/Reuters, FILE
Simon & Schuster said it will not distribute a forthcoming book from publishing house Post Hill Press written by one of the police officers who opened fire during the deadly raid of Breonna Taylor s home.
John Mattingly, who is set to author the book, was one of the three plainclothes police officers who barged into the home of Taylor on a no-knock warrant in March 2020. The officers unleashed a hail of gunfire during the botched drug raid and Taylor, who was asleep as they entered, died at the scene.
Simon & Schuster says it won t distribute book written by police officer who shot at Breonna Taylor
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Breonna Taylor s death sparked months of protests in Louisville and calls for the officers involved to be hit with criminal charges.
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A Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid on her apartment is writing a book, but it won t be distributed as planned by publishing giant Simon & Schuster.
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Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly s book will be published by a small publisher which has a deal to have its books distributed by Simon & Schuster