2 Louisville police officers fired over roles in fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor

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BREAKING: Louisville police dept. fires 2 officers over roles in fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, authorities say.

Protesters march against police brutality in Los Angeles, on Sept. 23, 2020, following a decision on the Breonna Taylor case in Louisville, Ky.The Louisville Metro Police Department fired two officers involved in the botched raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor's death and, in part, launched a summer of protests, authorities said.that the department intended to fire them, and those terminations became official on Tuesday, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department.

Taylor, who had no criminal record, was asleep with boyfriend Kenneth Walker when plainclothes officers entered her apartment in the early morning hours of March 13 to serve a no-knock search warrant in a drug case. Walker, who had a license to carry a weapon, called 911 believing the home was being invaded by criminals and opened fire, wounding one of the officers in the leg.

That's when police returned fire and killed Taylor, who was unarmed. Cosgrove fired the shot that killed Taylor, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said in September. Jaynes was not at Taylor's apartment when gunfire erupted, but hours earlier he secured the search warrant that led to the deadly confrontation.

 

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Good! Now arrest them.

Now charge them! Because regular Americans can't go kill someone and their punishment is only they got fired from their jobs!!

Finally! They needed to be fired! I hope the family and her boyfriend can have some peace from this.

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