On September 15th, 2020, it was announced that a $12 million settlement was reached by the family of Breonna Taylor after her fatal shooting by Louisville Police.
This settlement did not equate wrongdoing. It was more a peace offering to stop the brains of the operation from wagging the dog.
The media outlets publishing this news used the same narrative as we heard in recent months: EMT Breonna Taylor was killed for no reason while sleeping, and her stellar boyfriend fired a warning shot at police who came in their apartment unannounced; excoriating the value and mere existence of the no- knock warrant.
Following her demise, the Louisville, Ky., Metro Council voted unanimously to ban no-knock warrants. The legislation is titled Breonna’s Law.
Stephen L. Carter, professor of Law at Yale University, stated on this matter ”I hope that an extra layer of scrutiny on warrants saves the next life, but the hard, tragic truth is that it probably would not have saved Taylor’s. Today, both the police commander and the judge would likely ask hard questions about the reliability of the information underlying the request. At the time of the raid on Taylor’s home, it’s hard to see why a police commander would have denied a request that a judge would approve.“
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump was jubilant and celebrated another victory in the name of black people being victims of the senseless violence of the police out to get them at every corner.
He is also representing Kenneth Walker who was Breonna’s boyfriend at the time of the tragedy, the family of Jacob Blake as well as the family of George Floyd. To name a few.
He is the equivalent of Gloria Allred minus the skirt. Their bag of tricks are pretty similar, but he can add race baiting to it, as Gloria and her spawn are now usually aiming at causes célèbres without as many racial overtones. If you get my drift.
Not to say that they have never done important and proper work in their long career, but as of late, the direction they took all led to the same joke about lawyers at the bottom of the ocean being a good start.
They do not set foot in a courtroom, they get settlements for clients by creating such a social and media storm, that the person or group stuck in their crossfire, choose to bleed a huge sum of money that they will serve to their client on a silver platter after having acquired a huge chunk of it first.
Their numerous victories has procured them free access to mainstream media and the necessary arsenal to go at it time and again.
This is why this blog is not about the story of Breonna Taylor, but about the tale that was woven like a fine tapestry around the opportunistic motives of the media, a civil rights attorney and a movement eager to make strides against the system and the police.
And I should add, around the naivety or arrogance of people and several celebs eager to talk about subjects they have not researched or cannot even pretend to understand in order to gain popularity as virtue signaling artists or advocates; some being well-intentioned but unacquainted with the facts or oblivious to them because in their mind, the sins of present are erased by the sins of the past. Which is basically one of the precepts of BLM.
And even if they hire security and have no beef with the cops themselves, they heard that in some hoods, they are perceived and treated as pigs.
Without any real knowledge of the investigation that led to this situation, Oprah Winfrey paid to erect 26 Justice for Breonna billboards in the US.
O magazine and Vanity Fair had Taylor on their front page, to name a few.
Beyonce wrote a letter to District Attorney Cameron to demand that charges be filed against the officers involved in her demise.
In 2016, 
Amy Sherald was the first African American to win the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition which led to her painting Michelle Obama for the National Gallery in 2018.
That was her first commissioned work until Vanity Fair asked her to paint Breonna Taylor for the cover of their magazine.
“I wanted this image to stand as a piece of inspiration to keep fighting for justice.
When I look at the dress, it kind of reminds me of Lady Justice.” — Amy Sherald
The FIA was in a pickle after Lewis Hamilton broke the sport’s rules by wearing a T-shirt about Breonna Taylor while standing on a podium following a victory in Tuscan Grand Prix.
It said ”Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor” on one side and had a photo of Taylor on the other with the slogan Say Her Name. 
Singer John Legend had a special posthumous birthday message for Breonna on social media on what would have been her 27th birthday.
”Today I use my platform to demand justice for this essential person, this woman, daughter, sister, and friend” He wrote in his op-ed.
”As we continue to work towards systemic change, I join Breonna’s community in the immediate demand for justice.”
Kim K also added her grain of salt to the story.
She and Legend deserve respect for their efforts to change the justice system, but calling this case racist might be misguided.
After all, who was Taylor’s community? Not the Lalaland created after her death, but the one she lived in. And who really cared about Breonna before this happened?
Is she being used now for an agenda the same way she was used by boyfriends while still alive?
How I wish every mother of a child who died violently could get a financial reward.
How I wish that 3-year old Trinity’s mother could get the support she needs after her child was shot with her father in Louisville.
”After a year of gun violence in Louisville with more than 100 homicides, the city’s youngest victim was laid to rest by her family.”
Trinity Randolph, 3, and her father Brandon Waddles, 21, were both shot and killed in the 3700 block of Kahlert Avenue in the Jacobs neighborhood.
This innocent child was playing in her Frozen playhouse when it happened.
The FBI is now helping the cops solve this crime. Yes, they are doing their job to help this community under siege.
Dr. Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College of Kentucky, addressed the anger associated with death.
Petition organizers also want Taylor’s mom, Tamika Palmer, to be honored with a key to the city.
Tamika Palmer was a teen mom who also gave birth to another daughter named Ju’Niyah Palmer, six years after Breonna.
Tamika turned out to be a single mom with a lot of heart. She had a strong family support and managed to raise Brionna with the help of her mom, sister and extended family.
She tried to instill good values to the girls and made sure they understood the importance of hard work and a good education.
As a nurse assistant, this mom had to earn a living and her older daughter followed in her footsteps. She started working in the restaurant industry and made her way up to hospital worker with the goal of becoming a nurse.
The sisters developed a tight bound and after they moved to Grand Rapids with their mom 12 years ago, they continued to be intertwined. They even shared the same apartment and were spending time together when their work schedules allowed it: Ju’Nyyah as a pharmacy technician and Breonna as an emergency room technician.
The Real Story Begins
Fernandez Bowman
It all started it seems, on December 12th, 2016, when a man was shot to death in a car Taylor had rented. The silver sedan had struck a telephone pole and fence before coming to rest against a house after the sole occupant was pierced with bullets.
An individual called Quenton Hall, of Louisville, who also goes by “Q” or “Tip,” was arrested and accused of his murder.
It appeared to be a robbery but Bowman was shot 8 times, so it is not clear if it was a targeted shooting or a random act.
It was the body of Fernandez Bowman who was the brother of Damarius Bowman who was an associate of Jarmarcus Glover who had been arrested with him several times.
At the time of this finding, Taylor had been dating Jamarcus Glover aka Choppo, for several months and had allowed him to drive the rental car.
Jamarcus Glover
When LMPD detectives Y. Baker and J. Speaks went to Breonna’s home to inquire about the car, Glover was there.
She told them in no uncertain terms that she did not know Bowman. She also gave detectives her phone number, which was also Glover’s number.
According to official documents, he was still using her address and phone number as recently as in February of 2020.
It appears that after this incident, her career as an EMT reached an end. Work documents indicated not to rehire Taylor maybe because some kind of agreement was reached to let her off the hook while not allowing her to work in that capacity for the city anymore. On the other hand, her boyfriend Kenneth said that she quit because of the long hours.
We could say that it was just bad luck and she had no involvement or knowledge in the matter. First strike right? Makes sense. But what followed contradicts this notion.
This phone number Glover had used on February 2nd, 2020 to call LMPD 1st division about his car being towed was also the number used during jail calls between Choppo and Breonna.
It triggered an investigation that lasted years. The shooting at Taylor’s home was the culmination of their investigation because her address who was also Glover’s was the object of simultaneous warrants.
Taylor was never targeted because she was black, police were never at the wrong address and she was not guilty by association. It was the result of a thorough investigation using cameras, physical surveillance and other means that resulted in 5 warrants.
Photos showed Breonna visiting a trap house with Glover in her black Dodge Charger, and her vehicle being used several times. She was photographed coming out of the vehicle to scope the area.
Glover was seen picking up a package at her address and taped conversations indicate that Breonna was keeping money for the drug syndicate.
They have since tried to nitpick by saying that Taylor was receiving packages for a Jason Glover and not Jamarcus; as if. She texted him the day before she died that she had shit for him at her house.
Glover and Walker who has since been murdered
You can see all the documents and photos at www.tatumreport.com
It was consequently not surprising that a team eventually showed up at her door to execute a warrant.
And the search warrant included her street address, apartment number, photos of her door, name, birthday and social insurance number as well as the names of the narcotics investigation main targets: Jamarcus Glover and Adrian Walker.
It also listed a 2017 Dodge Charger and a 2016 Chevrolet Impala. You can watch the video covering the search warrant at the bottom of the blog.
Jamarcus Glover aka Choppo
Breonna began dating Glover in 2016 and was aware of his criminal activities. Like many girls before her and because of the popularity of gangster culture, she might have participated to be involved in her paramour’s life or maybe she enjoyed the perks.
Or it could be because her incarcerated father killed someone when she was six and it was drug related. This type of situation can easily be normalized in one’s mind; but does not absolve you from legal consequences.
She had bailed him out of jail twice and had to deal with a dead body in her car. So, she knew what she was dealing with and had made a choice.
At the time of her death, she was not actively dating him but still managed his money while dating Kenneth Walker since a few months. She had two jobs and seemed to live a good life but was still knee deep in these activities.
Two bench warrants were issued against Glover and he had a history of drug dealing. In addition to a 2015 drug trafficking conviction, he had several pending drug and weapons cases against him.
The police tied them together because of the car rented by Breonna and the fact that Glover was using her address for banking and other transactions.
An excerpt from a leaked report showed that on Feb 14th, 2020, Glover’s car was towed for a parking violation. According to the report, Glover tried to file a complaint against the officer and gave Taylor’s phone number as his own.
3003 Springfield Drive
Six days later, detectives from the Place Based Investigation team verified through a database that Glover was using Taylor’s home address – 3003 Springfield Drive.
“Detectives received Jamarcus Glover’s bank records from Chase Bank.“On these bank statements, Jamarcus Glover used 3003 Springfield Drive #4, Louisville, KY 40214 as his mailing address.”
At the time of his last arrest, he had a baby mama called Kiera Bradley and another girlfriend named Rica while Taylor was still keeping his money and receiving some merchandise.
It is all documented in his taped jail conversations. It is obvious by then, that Taylor was a willing participant. Choppo was caught on camera picking up a package from her place and going to the trap house where traffic would start right after being replenished.
Elliott House
Glover was often seen at 2424 Elliott Avenue, a suspected drug house while driving Breonna’s black Dodge Charger.
It was recorded when a team was doing surveillance on the ”trap house”. And they also had installed pole cameras.
Sam Aquiar, an attorney for Bre’s family filed a complaint stating that her death was tied to a new redevelopment program led by the Mayor’s Office, but neighbor’s complaints had brought police to the area and their report included Taylor’s car at the scene.
Their report revealed jail conversations transcriptions between Glover and Taylor when they discussed Adrian Walker also named in the warrant.
“You talk to Doug (Adrian Walker?)” Glover asked Taylor.
“Yeah, I did,” Taylor responded. “He said he was already back at the trap.”
In another conversation between the two, Glover thanked Taylor for checking on him.
“When you’re around I stress more … ,” she is quoted as saying. “I just always be worried about you … not like you and b****, but just period with the police, like all kind of s***.”
In separate phone calls, the conversations ended with each telling the other I love you, the documents stated.
Also, from January 2016 to January 2020, Breonna’s phone number was called 48 times from jail. Glover called Taylor 26 times from his dormitory and a male called Curtis Palm called her 7 times. When the call is from booking, it does not provide the inmate’s name.
Kenneth Walker
In this tale, Kenneth Walker has all of a sudden become the hero/victim and his photos with Breonna, Crump or alone are plastered all over the Internet.
Bre & Kenneth
All the ones of Taylor and Glover have vanished even though his baby mama was bitching about seeing their photos in bed, etc. It is Kenneth’s time!
The suitor was an old friend of Breonna. They knew each other from their university days, and had seriously hooked up only 3-4 months before the warrant was served at her place.
To hear her mother and his parents talk about them; he was going to propose, she wanted to marry and have babies, buy a house. Typical media babble and pipedreams; Taylor had several post-it of future dreams in her apartment, but her reality was grounded otherwise.
According to Ken, one day they would pick baby names, and the next, they would want their freedom. In reality, her heart still belonged to Chop.
Officer Tatum from the Tatum report stated that in a taped conversation, Ken was after another Barbie and was saying fuck Bre; which is exactly what he did when the cops came a knocking.
He also said that he saw trouble coming and knew what was up. He mentioned that the knocks at the door could have been her ex.
Knock Knock Who’s there? The poooolice
Some articles even paint her at finally getting her life together before the no-knock warrant at her door. There is nothing to indicate that things were different on that front and they knocked. It is unfortunate that she did not get out on time, but it is what it is.
Kenneth Walker had no history of drug offenses. He did not live at Breonna’s address and was not named in the warrant.
BUT since LMPD released 4,470 pages including investigative reports, interview summaries and evidence reports, as well as 251 videos and hundreds of photos, it appears that our friend Kenneth was involved in the sale of illegal drugs and possibly robberies.
The search of his phone found numerous conversations about drug trafficking.
Ken and Bre
In a group chat, Walker discussed robbing someone. He asked how much bread the target had and another person replied it was at least $25,000. When someone asked if it was an easy target, he replied that he “does his homework on every mission.” You can click to read the article.
Bre and Kenneth usually stayed at his place because her sister Ju’Nyyah was living with her, but he was staying over on March 13th because she was out of town.
He is an educated guy from a decent family and his problems with the law at the time appeared far and few; he told police officers he had no criminal record besides a DUI charge and a shoplifting charge. You can click to listen to his police interview for more details.
For sale – White boy preferred – No weirdos
One photo recovered from his phone shows Bre with him with the black Glock and a pistol style Springfield AR-15.
In another photo on his phone, Taylor asks for a picture of the pistol to show a white boy she works with who might be interested in purchasing it and she poses with it.
No biggie some would say, especially if the guns were not illegal. But it is painting a totally different picture than the one Walker tried to project as the guy who did not know the police came a knocking.
Could he have fired his gun after the knock because he thought some of his deals had gone bad and they were after him? It begs the question. After all, he said he was afraid it could be her ex, but he was messaging with Adrian Walker; so he knew them.
A video that came out shows Walker outside with the police after his non-violent arrest, hysterically telling them that Breonna shot the cop. When he asks what is it all about, he is told that they announced themselves, and he does not deny it.
I got a Ar-15 in the closet In case a bitch want to start shit I got a lot of Benjamin in my pocket Just in case I want to buy it – Rico Nasty
The Warrant
The team executing one of the warrants at Taylor’s address was not the same one that spent years investigating the case. They were simply there for that night; dressed in plain clothes with badges without cameras.
Listening to their interview, you learn that Taylor’s place was not a no-knock warrant. They had to announce their arrival.
One officer had driven around the building earlier and when they came back, they saw a light in one room; probably from the TV being on. They proceeded to the door with a battering ram to open the door forcefully if they had to.
According to them, they proceeded to bang loudly on the door. They waited and yelled police several times and added ‘We have a warrant.’ It was loud enough for a neighbor to become belligerent and ask them to leave the girl alone.
The agent said that they allowed enough time for the residents to come to the door; enough for even a handicapped person. Nobody came and they heard a brief sound followed by silence.
On March 12th, the officers from the Public Integrity Unit had met for a pre-operational briefing and Taylor was described to them as a soft target. “We were told that the target, their main target, the male, had packages sent to this location in her name. She held – possibly held dope for him, received the packages and received his money.”
One neighbor stated that he heard them say ‘Police’ once. Others said they did not, but did not live as close and would they lie instead of helping the poooolice? Not unlike for the witness who heard cops tell Jacob Blake to drop the knife, a lot of people are now trying to discount their testimony as false; it does not fit their narrative.
Kenneth Walker stated that they did not announce themselves and banged until they rammed the door open. The cops stated that they knocked and banged while announcing their entry several times.
Had it been a no-knock warrant, they would not have had to justify themselves, but it was not, contrary to what is being manufactured by the media.
Kenneth Walker’s version of the shooting
Walker said that Taylor had just fallen asleep while the two were watching TV” when he heard loud banging on the apartment door.
Taylor, who was startled out of her sleep, began asking, “Who is it?”. Not only was she not asleep when the cops came, but she had time to put clothes on.
Walker said his first thought was that one of Taylor’s former boyfriends was outside. He later said he thought it was a home invasion. Could it be that Breonna was panicking knowing that she was involved in illegal activities and had heard the police?
“So we’re like, ‘What the heck?’ We both get up, start putting on clothes – another knock at the door,” Walker said. “She’s like, ‘Who is it?’ loud at the top of her lungs. No response.
“… It’s a long hallway,” Walker told investigators. “Even if somebody was saying something on the other side, you probably couldn’t hear them. But, as loud as we were screaming … I know whoever was on the other side of the door could hear us.”
So they could not hear the police because of the hallway, but he is sure that they could hear them?
In the hallway outside Taylor’s bedroom, Walker said he fired a shot from his licensed Glock handgun as the door to Taylor’s apartment flew off its hinges.
Walker said he and Taylor dropped to the ground as shots flew into the apartment. He said he kicked the gun away and was anticipating someone coming inside.
If he thought it was a home invasion, why did he hide his gun and not use it again? He had to know it was the police and this is why he kicked the gun and tried to say “Bre did it.”
“The door’s busted open, and I hear a bunch of yelling and I’m just panicking,” Walker told investigators. “I’m telling somebody – I’m yelling, ‘Help’ because she’s right here bleeding and nobody’s coming and I’m just confused and scared and I feel the same right now.”
It sounds strange to yell help to home invaders or bad guys.
You can listen to Walker’s interview and judge for yourself. We will never really know because Breonna did not make it and he came out of it without a scratch.
It was not a violent arrest even though the media keeps saying that cops retaliated after he shot one of their own. Riddle me that. Click to read
What struck me during his police interview is that Walker admitted that he started by blaming Breonna for shooting officer Mattingly. He retracted when his lies caught up with him, but it is a pretty despicable move, considering that his lady love had died because he fired first.
He also kicked the gun under the bed of the other bedroom to hide it.
He expressly said that he heard a ‘Knock at the door‘. His story became more dramatic as he realized the seriousness of his actions. When asked how Breonna got shot 6 times, but he did not, he gave a not so realistic scenario that might be difficult to recreate.
The Jefferson County coroner said Taylor likely died within a minute of being shot six times. A ballistic report had found that of the six bullets that struck Taylor, only one was fatal. That analysis concluded that Detective Cosgrove had fired the fatal shot.
The media is saying she was shot 8 times and that she did not get help right away.
When he was brought to jail, he still had brain matter on his shirt. Where was he during the shooting?
Love Is a Shield
If he had the gun and thought it was one of her boyfriends, why did he not push her out of the way and take the lead? Plus, Taylor was not in bad terms with Chop.
Word on the street; not my street, is that he used her as a shield. O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Officer Mattingly’s version
Mattingly said police were told that while a “no-knock” warrant for Taylor’s home was approved, the team executing the warrant had been asked to announce their presence and knock.
He stated that the officers began approaching the apartment around 12:35 a.m. He said the team did not identify themselves during the first “bang on the door. I think after that we did. I couldn’t be sure if it was the second.
“But again, there was probably six or seven different contacts of multiple banging on the doors and after that each one of them had, ‘Police! Come to the door. Search warrant.”
After he entered the apartment, Mattingly said he stepped out from the doorway and then saw a man and a woman “perpendicular to each other, side by side shoulder to shoulder.” Neither said a word, he said.
“My brain was going: What is this, you know? This isn’t normal. It’s not the normal way people stand in a house together,” he said. The man, Walker, was in a “shooting stance,” he said.
Inside the apartment, Mattingly said he could “see enough to see a male on the right, a female on the left. Could I identify their faces? No. But I could actually see the handgun in his hand. I remember seeing the barrel of that soon as we turned that corner. And as soon as it did, the flash and the heat.”
So, Walker said he shot as soon as the door was breaking, but Mattingly saw a man with a handgun and a woman. Their accounts differ.
Mattingly was shot in the leg and the bullet had punctured his femoral artery; he fired four rounds before trying to leave the apartment and another two on his way out. Another cop shot from inside and a third from outside. What a mess.
As he knew he could bleed to death, he got busy trying to get a tourniquet and get help to get to a hospital on time.
Walker admitted shooting low towards the ‘intruder’ and was charged for shooting the cop. The charges were eventually dropped by the DA’s office when public pressure mounted.
After seeing the turn of event and the support Breonna was getting, Walker changed his tune and tried to say that it was only a warning shot and that the officer was hit by friendly fire, which sounds mighty opportunistic.
His attorney is demanding compensation.
This is a bright example of taking advantage of a media shit storm. But this is what Crump and his acolytes do for a living.
Conclusion
Breonna Taylor was the victim in this case but not an innocent one.
It does not mean that she deserved to die. Far from it. Nobody should die this way. And I am sure that she was a great person in many ways.
Victory – They fell for it
Her choices contributed to her demise; involved in the drug trade with a known criminal, and dating a guy who shot a cop and managed to get her killed; and tried to blame her for the shooting.
In his defense, even if Walker was street savvy and a small time crook, it was dangerous to involve him in her life knowing what was going on behind the scene.
Even if his friend told him in a taped conversation that he saw it all coming and Kenneth agreed, he might have been out of his league in this situation.
He might not have had the criminal savoir-faire of Choppo who stated in his jail conversations that had he been there, Bre would have never been killed. He would have shot no cop. You don’t shoot cops.
My sympathy faded when he turned around and tried to profit from her death by plotting with Crump to get money and blatantly lied about circumstances of the event.
Like many girls living the hood life, Breonna had no father figure and her already absentee dad Everett Taylor ended up in prison when she was just a child.
Not surprising that she ended up hooking up with a low life who was a player with no real interest in his child or his women. Mind you, Choppo appeared more respectful of her memory than Walker.
The Taylor family attorney alleged that when asked to implicate Breonna as a co-defendant, he refused to involve her in his business. Who knows?
Thomas Wyne
It was vehemently denied by Commonwealth’s attorney, Tom Wyne, who stated that Breonna Taylor was never a co-defendant in the Jamarcus Glover case.
It was never presented to a Grand Jury and their office never indict posthumously any person who is deceased.
In this tale, the cops did not fare very well. One of them almost died, one was fired and one was suspended. They had factions and celebs asking for their heads on a platter with the media as a conductor, and violent protesters wanting people to Say her Name against their will.
On September 23, 2020 former detective Brett Hankison was indicted on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment for shooting in three apartments. The others were not. It is a charge of class D felony and carries a penalty of one to five years.
This is what the Kentucky Attorney General, Daniel Cameron had to say on the subject: “Justice is not often easy. It does not fit the mold of public opinion. And it does not conform to shifting standards. It answers only to the facts and to the law. …If we simply act on emotion or outrage, there is no justice. Mob justice is not justice. Justice sought by violence is not justice — it just becomes revenge.” Sorry Beyonce and Oprah.
Considering that Kenneth was not indicted for shooting a cop and lying about who did it, this could be perceived as more than fair.
But his attorney has decided to contest Cameron’s findings. He says that the Kentucky State Police ballistics report did not definitely conclude that the single damaged 9-mm projectile recovered was fired by Walker. Here we go again.
Never mind that Mattingly was alone when he entered the apartment and Kenneth admitted shooting the first round when interrogated by the police and told the same to Breonna’s crew at the jail when he was arrested the same night and it is all on tape; they are now trying to pretend that other cops shot the officer and that Kenneth only fired a warning shot.
Someone would have to explain their motivation to me. Why would they have any interest in shooting a soft target when no one else was shot during the other 3 warrants and the shooter himself came out unharmed?
Mattingly’s attorney, Kent Wicker, issued a response to that claim: “The suggestion that anyone other than Kenneth Walker shot Sgt. John Mattingly is absurd. Kenneth Walker gave a statement in which (he) admitted to shooting his 9 mm handgun at the very doorway where Sgt. Mattingly was standing.
Sgt. Mattingly saw Kenneth Walker with his gun raised in a shooting stance, and he felt the bullet hit his thigh. There is no question from the investigation that Officer Hankison fired multiple rounds from his .40-caliber handgun during the incident. And while he had been issued a 9 mm handgun from the Louisville Metro PD in the past, the notion that he fired a host of shots from his .40 caliber handgun, then changed guns and shot one bullet from his 9 mm gun that struck Sgt. Mattingly, is a ridiculous argument not grounded in fact or reality.”
Kenneth is now riding high on the BLM wave, his confidence boosted by the settlement obtained by Taylor’s family and by ambulance chasers being the wind beneath his wings.
Breonna shot the cop – I shot the cop – Attorneys: You want money? They shot each other
Not surprisingly, the the media is pushing the narrative the moment it reaches them through the Taylor`Walker’s team. Why is it that the real facts of this case were never pushed by the mainstream media?
Some of the discovery from the grand jury hearing has now been released by order of Kentucky judge Ann Bailey Smith for the trial of detective Brett Hankison who was indicted in the case; and pled not guilty.
Now a grand juror has asked to be heard and to have all the transcripts released.
I get that the grand juror did not want Cameron to lay the responsibility of the decision at their feet for the recommendations of not charging two of the officers if they were not presented anything on the subject, but jurors have broad powers to investigate, subpoena witnesses and bring charges.
I do not see why they should have presented anything else when evidence did not call for it. Was Cameron blaming the Grand Jury for that decision? I do not think so, but everything goes.
Could it be because of the mob and public pressure mounting?
I find the wording interesting from a juror: In a legal motion, he accused the attorney general, Daniel Cameron of using the grand jurors ‘‘as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility” and of planting ” more seeds of doubt in the process.”
I know it was written by a lawyer, but that he had come up with this at all reeks of an organized attack.
So now, they are supposed to forego secrecy because it is a high profile case?
Daniel Cameron
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said that he will release the recording of the grand jury proceedings in the case of Breonna Taylor to the court, but he needed time to redact confidential names and addresses, etc. “The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body,” he said in a statement to CBS News.
” It’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen. As the special prosecutor, our team has an ethical obligation not to release the recording from the Grand Jury proceedings, and we stand by our belief that such a release could compromise the ongoing federal investigation and could have unintended consequences such as poisoning the jury pool.”
“Despite these concerns, we will comply with the Judge’s order to release the recording.”
Cameron said the release of the recording “will also address the legal complaint filed by an anonymous grand juror.”
They will lie, steal, cheat and destroy; as we have seen in recent months in the streets, in the media and behind the scene.
You can click to read about the 3 grand jurors who filed to impeach Cameron.
Their attorney stated “The grand jurors have no interest in politics, and to that end, I think it’s also important to note they have no interest in making a name or any type of money for themselves out of this,” he said. “The grand jurors are doing what they think is right as grand jurors, and as citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.”
And to boot, It also accuses the attorney general of inciting and supporting “insurrection and violence” in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6 through his role as an executive committee member of the Republican Attorneys General Association, or RAGA.
The word insurrection has been taken very loosely lately, but I guess it is the new standard for the left.
The officers were doing their job. It was not a personal vendetta against Taylor. When they stop making drugs illegal, then we can talk.
The cops did not get due process and no time was allowed to determine if they did their job properly before the mob called for action and the media swallowed the case whole.
Beyonce was demanding it. BLM was roaring and threatening.
Say her Name Rand
The irony of Rand Paul and his wife being harassed by protesters yelling at him to Say her Name was priceless, considering that he wrote the Bill in her name to get rid of no-knock warrants.
Once again, it was not a no-knock warrant, but who is listening?
Saint Hood
It seems that everyone went in the direction of victimhood and sainthood without a care in the world for the facts or the numerous innocent victims waiting in the wing for their own halos and cash rewards.
Lebron Poster Boy for Black Anything Matters
Lebron James leading the parade with his Breonna’s hat.
It is much easier to canonize someone in the US than at the Vatican where it takes years and numerous tests to give this coveted sainthood status to a very select few.
In the US, you only need to be a criminal who resisted arrest or in this case, to be at the center of a warrant because of your association with criminal activities.
You then get your own murals, t-shirts, and your parents become instant millionaires. Some call it the Hood Lottery. I call it the Crump jackpot.
What about all the innocent victims shot in the US? Why not them? We do not see any protesting, marches or Mea culpa for them.
Is it too uncomfortable to say out loud that cops mostly shoot people who resist arrest and are involved in the criminal world, and the rest are shot by their own community?
Not that cops could not use training or a kick where it hurts, but having citizens bear arms has its drawbacks; I am being polite so I do not get shot for attacking the second amendment.
We cannot say it publicly, but the cops are always scared to get shot. How can you do your job if everyone has a gun?
How interesting that none of the guys arrested with a no-knock warrant that night were hurt or shot. They recovered guns, money, drugs, etc. without a hitch. It was a successful bust. The only one that failed was not a no-knock and involved a guy who decided to shoot a cop and let his girlfriend catch the bullets.
If there was any doubt about Taylor’s involvement in the drug trade, it was pulverized by the conversations taped in jail when Choppo and the others were incarcerated after their arrest pending bail.
When they were moved from holding cells to the dormitory section, all their calls were taped; and talk they did.
Even if they tried to use code words for certain things, they were very transparent with most of what they said.
Walker was stuck in the same cell block, and he confirmed what the officers had said; after Breonna’s death, they ‘packaged her’ and did not execute the search warrant; the homicide squad showed up. They were the ones with a camera and not the first group.
It turns out that some officers returned at 3:35am with a warrant and recovered bullets and other evidence, but just a few drugs and no cash. It was not a thorough search and Chop is adamant that it was there and that Bre had her ways to hide it.
Chop confirmed that she had $8,000 and someone added that she had more, she had $15,000. She even texted Choppo that day telling him about things to pick up at her house after a month of silence. “Hoodies and shit.”
There is a recorded conversation between Bre and Glover where he asks her to find someone who got his fucking money. To which she answers that she had and he was back at the trap.
Click to read about files released about the case.
The baby mama was none too pleased to hear that he had put money at Breanna’s place but there was also another girlfriend who kept money for him.
He needed people who worked and had jobs to appear legit. These conversations are all in the reports.
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Glover
Glover says to Kiera Bradley: ”I’m hurt my name getting called about Bre’s death. This nigga (Kenneth Walker) in jail…this nigga got Bre dead. At the end of the day…it was not my fault. It’s this nigga fault that’s in here. The reason why it happened, the nigga sitting right here.” ”He said they were beating on the door.”
So it was not a no-knock warrant.
K. Bradley says to Glover: So where your money at?
J. Glover says to K. Bradley: Where my money at? Bre had like $8 grand.
J. Glover says to an unknown male who joined the call: ” Tell cuz, Bre got down like $15 (grand), she had the $8 (grand) I gave her the other day and she picked up another $6 (grand).”
J. Glover says to K. Bradley: This is what you got to understand, don’t take it wrong but Bre had all my money, she been handling my money…she been handling shit for me and cuz, it ain’t just me.”
J. Glover says to K. Bradley: ” It’s no problem, I can walk in that house (Bre’s) and go directly to whatever it is no problem with it.”
K. Bradley says to J. Glover: ”This bitch (Breonna Taylor) where she’s been with you, since you ain’t been over at my house…the same day you post a picture, I guess she post a video, you knew it because she said what’s up she was in the bed with you, you kissing all over her. This shit is embarrassing.”
J. Glover says to A. Walker: ”No Bre don’t, Bre don’t, Bre don’t…Bro you know how Bre do…they didn’t find nothing in her house.”
A. Walker says to J. Glover: ”I thought you said they found money over there?”
J. Glover says to A. Walker: ”It was there, It was there, It was there…They didn’t do nothing though that’s the problem… Kenneth said ain’t none of that go on.”
A. Walker to J. Glover: ”So they didn’t take none of the money?”
J. Glover says to A. Walker: ”Kenneth says none of that go on. He said homicide came straight on the scene and they went to packaging Bre and they left.”
J. Glover says to A. Walker: ” You think I ain’t hurt nigga?…You know I don’t give no fuck about nothing but them, nothing but Bre, nothing but Rica, nothing but baby mama (which was inaudible), them my only three…I don’t do shit for nobody else out here bruh.”
J. Glover says to A. Walker: ”Yeah we (him and Breonna Taylor) had text that day though big dog that’s the thing, we text that day nigga, on my life she text me and asked me when this stuff coming in for my car…I’m sending everything to her, we’re on good terms to where she makes sure she gets her shit…she done started fucking with Kenneth, so I’m playing the player…she gonna get tired of this shit, cause she always do…I let her do her thing…I can show my phone, I ain’t been talking to her at all, but she text yesterday out of the blue when this stuff coming in…I’m like I dunno, I’m gonna let you know but they done took the money…I sent the tracking information to her…then she told me I had a hoodie and shit come in. She told me that shit come in on everything.”
Kenneth Walker
Unknown male says to K. Walker: ” Your name was not on the search warrant or nothing though…Look dudes spot, dudes spot, the nigga Chop (Damarcus Glover)…it got hit at the same time, same time…She’s fucking with that nigga…That’s crazy, and you the innocent bystander in all this shit…I called it out bruh, I called that shit out.”
K. Walker says to unknown male: ” I did too, but I was already knowing all that though.”
So Walker already knew all that. Why then did he not expect the cops at his door?
Enough said. You can go on the Tatum report site for more information or listen to the Wire version at Ak Nation news on Youtube. The guy understands that world better than I do.
As her mother said, Breonna was a bossy spitfire full of love and life. We all wish she were here. But she was involved in illegal activities and sadly, got caught up in the game. The cops did their job. If badly, it has not been factually demonstrated yet in my mind.
As a side note, Adrian Walker was murdered a few months ago. The drug game is not an easy one.
The Tale that was woven by the media does not match the real story. Kenneth Walker tried to spin a tale of his own as soon as he shot a cop; they were asking for a white guy, Bre shot the cop, he knew they were at wrong place, etc.
And maybe the cops tried to cover some aspects too. But the scene spoke for itself and the fact that Officer Mattingly spent 3 weeks in the hospital while the other warrants were successful is telling.
When Crump and Black Lives Matter descended on the scene; beginning and end of the truth as we know it.
Crump also represented Trayvon Martin’s family. He was complicit when they brought in a fake witness in the person of Rachel Jeantel. His parents and the prosecutor knew she was not his girlfriend or the one he talked to the night of his death, but went on with this charade.
I recommend watching the Trayvon Hoax Film now on Youtube. The reporter did the job the mainstream media refused to do. Do we hear about this failure of the justice system? No.
I find the justice system more culpable than cops in general and I put the media ahead of this thievery.
Say her Name but Spell it Right
The Black Community has serious problems to deal with; the police not being the primary one
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That was a surprisingly nuanced response from you. I wouldn’t have expected that from someone so stubbornly wrong about Diane Downs. So, some respect there. One issue I must take is Canadians who spend their life being upset about things that don’t even happen in their country; and I’m not talking wars abroad or genocide or anything that extreme. It smacks of people who are just looking to be upset.
I don’t know Canadians who spend their life being upset about things that don’t happen in their country. But you have to realize that we are neighbors and right now, we are indoors because of the smoke coming from the US. The air quality is dangerous. So, figuratively, these cases affect us too. I write Canadian blogs and work for the system in Canada. This site is a sideline. My first blog in a very long time. So yes, these events and the unrest are on our mind, but don’t fret, we have a life.
It is easy to blame the media or the victim. You seem to imply as if the victim was somehow to blame for her death. I went back to the watts article as you suggested and all I saw was the same thing. Thé question is how could death be prevented. I agree with you that the police have a difficult job to do but there have been cases where death could have been avoided.
My blog on Caroline Small “When the Devil Went Down to Georgia” is one where I was of the opinion that the cops were totally guilty of her murder. I do not have a rule.
I call it as I see it. If you want the mainstream narrative, there are loads of blogs out there. You are welcome to read them. My take on the Nicole Vanderheyden is that she did nothing wrong. I thought that Warriena Wright was totally innocent victim in the Gable Tostee’s case.
Exactly. To know how a death could be prevented, we have to do an analysis of the facts of the case. It would be impossible to read my blog on Watts and conclude that his wife and the girls were to blame for their own death. You might disagree with the elements that got him there and too much is missing on his character and state of mind, but there is never an excuse for murder. Only explanations and litigating factors. If he had a trial, he might not have had life without parole. We will never know.
In many cases, the cops went too far. But not in Breonna’s case; except for the cop who shot next door and he will be punished. The 3 other warrants went without problems. No one was hurt. Kenneth Walker was not hurt. I suggest you watch a few of AK Nations news video. You will see countless innocent victims of crime and gun violence. People who are begging for help from the police who is doing their best to do their job in this mess.
And the real cases of police violence do not seem to grab much of the media’s attention. Daniel Shaver is white and in my opinion, was murdered by the police. There should have been a mural for him. He was not involved in drug dealing and did not date a criminal. Also many black people arrested with too much police force or even shot, but none of them seem to be worthy of being on an Oprah’s billboard.
It is true the media sometimes does not give the attention needed for other crimes however people like oprah are free to choose who they put on their magazine cover. This is democracy. I do not need to watch main stream media to form an opinion. In the Taylor case à woman died that is a fact. When you die at the hands of someone even if it is the police someone should be made responsible. All Humain life should be valued It should not be case by case méthod.
Now Oprah is the great decider of our nation and she can proclaim that anyone is a victim. Taylor had 26 billboards and a magazine cover from Miss Oprah. If you do not see that as trying to create a narrative, we are in deep trouble. She can choose to do so but we have every right to criticize her for being inflammatory and to have created a victim out of thin air. It is very dangerous. A word you were using for lesser purpose. It is race baiting because it tries to say that cops kill black people like flies when the real statistics do not show that at all.
When you die at the hand of the police because you are involved with criminals and your boyfriend shot at a cop who almost bled to death, there will be an investigation. There was one. People do not like the outcome. They write about it. I do not like the narrative and I write about it. I find Walker more responsible than the police in this case. And sadly, Taylor was a victim of her milieu. Every life should be valued. This is why I watch the reports on the black innocent victims shot all the time in cities like the ones where Taylor lived. No arrests. No billboards. No magazine cover.
It is not a clear cut case as so many questions remain unanswererd. We have two versions and no cameras to prove what actually happened. There is so much information and theories on the case time will tell If the truth will ever come out.Questions need to be raised about the investigation i’ts self. What lead to this tragedy and could things have been done differently.
What a dumbfounding response to the author who obviously put a great deal of time, effort and thought into shedding light on this case.
You say walker was to more to blame than the police. This walker is not a modal Citizen but the person who fires the fatal shot is considéréd responsable. My question is could her death be prevented? Why did police feel they had to enter the appartement? could surveillance not have been done to determine who was in the appartement? When shots were being fired why did the police not decide to retreat. There could have been more victims as there were other residents near by. I would not trust walker to think about possible lives being lost but the police you expect more. The police have a duty to protect and are trained for this. Both sides are giving their versions but will the truth ever come out as only the people présent know what happened.
Did you know that officer Jonathan Mattingly almost died after he was shot by Walker? This is why they shot back. It was explained by officer Tatum who executed a lot of warrants. Once a cop is shot, they have to shoot back which Mattingly did four times in a flash. To save his life. No time to retreat. Once the shooting starts, officers don’t often know if shots come from them or other shooters. It is not easy. The officer who fired the fatal shot is not the one who got shot. He is not responsible. The one who fired first at police officers is guilty. He was charged with murder and let off the hook so he should consider himself happy and thank his lucky stars that public pressure was on his side and that the he was not charged for dealing drugs as was proven by his cell phone messages. I still wonder how he survived without a scratch while poor Breonna got the brunt of the bullets. Plus, he blamed her for shooting the cops. He lied.
The officer who was careless was charged and might do years in prison but he is not the one who shot Breonna.
They had done surveillance earlier. One of the cops drove by a bit earlier in the day. The warrant had photos of her door, and other details. They saw a light in her window when they approached.
I saw the videos of Walker being arrested without violence. He surrendered. The cops asked him what he was doing saying to him that they announced themselves. As verified by next door neighbor. He said she shot you, she shot you. He probably got nervous, but you cannot expect cops not to fire back. Not in the US where everyone has a weapon.
The cops who executed the warrant have nothing to do with the ones who investigated the case. It was the result of a 4 year investigation with pole cameras, surveillance, phone surveillance and Breonna was one of the 5 warrants that night that were all related.
They were told it was a soft target. Contrary to the others because she was no king pin. They had no intention of shooting at her.
It is very unfortunate. But cops execute thousands of warrants every year and we hear of the ones that go bad. I don’t see what else they could have done. Breonna should be alive. Her drug dealer boyfriends are. And if you listen to Choppo’s taped conversations in jail, he blames Walker. He says that if he had been there she would still be alive. He says you don’t shoot no cop.
We know Walker lied. If the cops lied, it came down to ballistics and returning fire so it is not a complicated case. It became complicated because of black lives matter, Crump and Company. I wish they would pick more righteous causes of real victims who were shot for no reason, either by the cops or gangsters.
The drug dealing that Breonna was enabling in the neighborhood creates a lot of victims also. It brings shootings, addictions and violence. Chop and his group were arrested again after being bailed out.
Will look into the case before forming an opinion. Thanks for the information.
Omg, I am sick to the back teeth of the utter lies we are being fed constantly by the media; thank you very much for doing what no other journalist seems to be capable of doing in this country – actually researching the FACTS of the case instead of driving a hateful narrative. With that being said, the vast majority of social justice warriors don’t care about the truth; they will not look past headlines and ask questions that will lead them to the truth because it does not serve their agenda. Outstanding investigative journalism, seriously, THANK YOU.
Thank you Molly. It is upsetting to listen to false reports all the time. I think that Crump should be disbarred for the role he plays in inciting violence and creating division. He creates a false narrative and gets a media platform every time to spread his manure. We have the police interview of Kenneth Walker admitting that he blamed Breonna for shooting the cop and a video of the cops saying we announced ourselves when they arrest him while he repeats that she shot the cop. He then proceeds to admit he did it because he was scared and shot low. Officer Mattingly got it in the leg and almost died. He had a 5 hour operation and 7 transfusions. What do we hear in the media from Crump? It was friendly fire. Walker now wants his own lottery and says it was a warning shot, which of course, is debunked by ballistics but his attorneys have now come up with a report that cannot include or exclude Walker. As if it was necessary anyway. The officer entered alone and was shot. Walker told all the Breonna crew at the jail that he shot the cop. It is on the taped jail conversations. They really think that people are stupid. We should not have a dog in any race, but this case is really important for the BLM narrative. They will never let go of it. Beyonce and Lebron might be angry otherwise. The facts should be the facts.
The online agitation over saying Breonna Taylor’s name has clearly been useful as a way of spreading the news about her death, but is saying her name really enough to create real change? What happens when a name becomes the only thing people are saying?
Yep Lise, you did it again. Stirring people up and not following the narrative the everyone else believes. Telling the story of what really happened is not helping the BLM agenda.
Sad really. There are enough true accounts of bias and discrimination against people of color that twisting a story to advance one view is disheartening, to put it mildly. It is an injustice to every legitimate victim of police wrongdoing.
How do they get away with this shit?? There was a large settlement paid out. Why were the authorities so willing to roll over and give up on this? Because of public sentiment? The truth should have come out. You say at the beginning of the blog that the settlement did not equate wrongdoing– but it really does. In the eyes of most people, a cash settlement means they did do something wrong. 12 million dollars and no wrong was done? I would say that the wrong committed here was against taxpayers. What a waste.
Thank you for once again pulling back the curtain and looking for the facts. Excellent article!!!!
Sigh. I’ll take the click bait.
Author: She certainly didn’t deserve to die. Oh no no no no no. Of course not. Never. Buuuuuuuuuuuttttt…….(long winded diatribe explaining how her choices made her responsible for her murder).
Oprah tried to create a narrative. This website tries to create narrative. Oprah is more influential and does it better. She can put up 50000 billboards if she wants about any case she wants. Its a democracy and if she has a trouble with the justice in this case, she has a right to protest. Ditto LeBron et. am. Oprah doesn’t have to justify her decisions on what cases to highlight anymore than this feeble website does
Had Oprah and others not done this, fair to say this website wouldn’t have wasted their time responding.
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I will take the bait. I am leaving a comment buuuuuuuuuuut what I really want is to insult the blogger because I do not have any idea what the facts of the case are and I support BLM.
Nothing morally reprehensible about Oprah trying to influence the outcome of a case where facts had not come out yet or were falsely reported. Or for Lebron to never mention the epidemic of crimes that affect innocent black victims who did not spend a minute of their time around crime or criminals.
If your take is that she was responsible for her murder, it is on you. As I said, she was a victim but not an innocent one. Her boyfriend, her choices and many factors created that tragedy. Also tragic for cops who do their job to be used as human pinatas by people who have a political and social agenda.
It goes without saying that if the media and celebrities had not reported false facts that none of us would have bothered talking about it.
I did not create a narrative. I reported the facts of the case and gave an opinion.
All lives matter
On your homepage it states, “It is not an easy task to attempt to remain impartial and detached when looking at a case, but it is imperative to try in the name of due process and real justice, especially knowing that the media is tainting information in order to get ratings and financial success.”
Can you explain to me the impartiality and detachment entailed in the 8th paragraph of this article when describing Civil Rights Lawyer Benjamin Crump, “He is the equivalent of Gloria Allred minus the skirt. Their bag of tricks are pretty similar, but he can add race baiting to it, as Gloria and her spawn are now usually aiming at causes célèbres without as many racial overtones. If you get my drift.”
I’m sorry. I genuinely don’t “get your drift” in the above paragraph. Can you please elaborate.
Really? You perfectly know the answer to that paragraph but I will elaborate for people who read the comment section.
I have followed the career and cases of Crump and Allred throughout the years. As mentioned in the blog, there were good deeds throughout, especially Gloria but they have turned mostly into money making attorneys for causes célèbres.
Recently, Jacob Blake gave an interview and admitted having a knife during his arrest. Crump said several times that he did not. He changed the narrative for Kenneth Walker also. I listened to the taped and written interview with Kenneth and it was twisted later by Crump when talking to the media.
Let’s face it, they are media hounds. It is no secret.
After Walker charges were dropped because of media coverage, he filed a $10.5 million lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Louisville/Jefferson County metro government and members of the Louisville Metro Police Department, seeking damages for false arrest, malicious prosecution and assault, among other claims.
Sgt. Mattingly in his counterclaim, sued Kenneth Walker III for battery, assault and emotional distress. He claims that he is entitled to damages for medical treatment, trauma and pain he suffered after he was fired upon by Walker, who was with Taylor, 26, the moment she was fatally shot by police.
I did not check the outcome, but this is always how it ends up.
These two always show up and because they cultivated the sensational media for a long time, create a storm or mostly join one. Allred went after Michael Jackson, Epstein, Cosby, volunteered to represent the women wanting payout from Tiger, Amber Frey, and the list is long.
Same with Crump who was sitting with Trayvon Martin’s parents at trial. He knew that Rachel Jeantel who testified at trial was not the girlfriend he was speaking to when the tragedy happened and did not stop the charade.
Nothing new here. Just research and facts. Plenty of great lawyers out there. Trials by media sadly attract the sharks. Crump tends to show up when the race card can be played or has been played. Allred is a universal player.
Why didn’t you answer my first question? In your reply above you mention, “I did not check the outcome, but this is always how it ends up.
I answered your question. I researched and stated the info I obtained. If you have facts to the contrary about the attorneys in question, feel free to share them.
I did not mean that the outcome was important in this particular case. The process was. It always ends up this way means that it is or become litigious and they try to obtain money.
As for the rest, move on.