Simon & Schuster cancels plans to distribute book by officer who shot Breonna Taylor
One of the Louisville police officers who shot Breonna Taylor is writing a book, but Simon & Schuster is now backing away from plans to be involved.
The publisher announced it has decided not be involved in the distribution of a book written by Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers involved in the raid that Breonna Taylor was killed in last year,
Officers in March 2020 were executing a no-knock warrant at Taylor s apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, and Mattingly was shot by Taylor s boyfriend, who says he thought they were intruders and was firing a warning shot. Taylor was killed after the officers returned fire. According to the
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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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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
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.
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the three Louisville cops who participated in the no-knock raid of Taylor’s apartment in March 2020, is writing the book, which will be called “The Fight For Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy,” according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Post Hill Press specializes in “conservative political books,” according to its website, and has previously published books by Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is currently being investigated on suspicion of sex trafficking and various forms of corruption, as well as right-wing figures like Dan Bongino and Laura Loomer.
Post Hill Press did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. Before deciding to withdraw 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