Louisville hires new police chief; 2 detectives involved in Breonna Taylor raid are fired
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
Posted Jan 06, 2021
FILE - This undated file photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. (Courtesy of Taylor Family attorney Sam Aguiar via AP, File)AP
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville has hired Atlanta’s former chief to lead its police department after months of unrest over the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, and fired two more officers involved in the deadly raid.
The firings were announced Wednesday by city officials moments after they revealed their choice to lead the department. Erika Shields was the unanimous pick of a panel tasked with selecting the new chief, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said. She’ll be the fourth person to lead the department in Kentucky’s largest city since Taylor was shot by officers serving a warrant in March.
Two Breonna Taylor Cops Fired for Roles in Deadly Raid Breonna Taylor 2 LMPD Cops Axed For Roles in Deadly Raid
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Yvette Gentry announced she would fire 2 cops for their roles in the deadly
Breonna Taylor raid . the ax has dropped.
The LMPD fired detectives
Joshua Jaynes and
Myles Cosgrove on Tuesday citing extreme violations of our policies. Cosgrove, of course, was one of the cops present during the raid. He also fired shots.
Jaynes was not at the raid but he did file the paperwork with the judge to get the warrant. He s the officer who had info from a postal inspector that a drug suspect Breonna s ex-boyfriend was receiving packages at her home. Jaynes later admitted he never verified that info with the post office.
Former Atlanta police chief to lead Louisville Metro Police Department in the wake of Breonna Taylor shooting death
Former Atlanta police chief Erika Shields, who stepped down after an officer shot and killed a man following a struggle in a Wendy’s parking lot, will now lead the Louisville Metro Police Department, which is still under the spotlight almost a year after the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.
At a news conference announcing her selection, Shields faced questions about Brooks and Taylor.
“It does an injustice to Breonna Taylor to say that they’re similar instances. They’re not,” Shields said. “Every situation is different. The public is not going to take the time to differentiate. They’re just going to see police heavy handedness. In saying that, though, I would ask people to look at my body of work.”
Stephen RobinsonSeptember 16, 2020 08:53 AM
Tamika Palmer
Six months ago, three men burst into Breonna Taylor s Louisville, Kentucky, home while she was sleeping and shot her to death. Those responsible were never arrested because they re police officers and blue lives matter and we should stop giving cops a hard time. If we make the police feel bad whenever they break into an innocent woman s home and kill her, they might feel unappreciated and less motivated to protect us when bad guys with guns break into our own homes and open fire. Do you support law and order or leftist anarchy?
One of the three officers, Brett Hankison, was fired in June for âviolating procedure. The other two â Myles Cosgrove and Jonathan Mattingly â probably hope that the Louisville police department remains unable to count. Hankison is appealing his termination. (It s not as if he killed