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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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