The litany of errors shows that the March 13 police shooting of Breonna Taylor in her home was more than the result of a few bad apples, revealing 'systemic failures' across LMPD, as well as “a pervasive failure of training, supervision and management.'
LMPD Detective Joshua Jaynes wrote in the affidavit seeking the warrant he had "verified through a U.S. Postal Inspector that suspected drug dealer Jamarcus Glover has been receiving packages" at Taylor's home on Springfield Drive that could contain drugs and cash.Jaynes told investigators in May he could've worded the affidavit "differently.
Cameron said he did not include the warrant in his criminal investigation, deferring to an ongoing FBI investigation. Shaw, too, said she'd let the FBI handle the matter.It's not clear what intelligence police had before breaking down Taylor's door around 12:40 a.m. March 13. Mattingly described Taylor's address as a"soft target" in part because they expected she was home alone.It's also unclear if officers consulted a SWAT matrix risk assessment before the raid that could have warned officers there was a chance a registered gun owner would be inside.he thought a risk assessment was completed“I guess that’d be an error on me for not askin’ that question,” he said. “I assume they did it.
Mattingly and other officers said in interviews they knocked and announced themselves before battering down Apartment 4's front door. But of a dozen neighbors later interviewed, just one said he heard police announce themselves — and only after he was interviewed a second time.
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