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11. 6/19/2020 1PM UPDATE:

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Huffpost: One of the Louisville Metro Police officers who killed Breonna Taylor is being fired, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said...

The police chief “is initiating termination procedures against Officer Brett Hankison,” Fischer announced. “Unfortunately, due to a provision in state law that I would very much like to see changed, both the chief and I are precluded from talking about what brought us to this moment or even the timing of this decision...”

Police Chief Robert Schroeder sent Hankison a letter...(i)n (which) Schroeder said Hankison “wantonly and blindly” fired 10 rounds of bullets into Taylor’s apartment, which “displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life.” Schroeder said there was no “immediate threat” to justify such use of deadly force...I cannot tolerate this type of conduct by any member of the Louisville Metro Police Department. Your conduct demands your termination.”

But if Hankinson was so wanton and blind, why not charge him criminally -- isn't he guilty of manslaughter, at the very least? Does this mean it isn't true that Hankinson fired at Taylor and her boyfriend because the boyfriend fired the first shots, and if so, is the criminal case against the boyfriend going be dismissed also?

The ultimate plea deal: reducing it from a criminal charge to a "merely" fireable offense. In exchange for enduring his public scolding, Hankinson gets to walk, probably with some severance pay and definitely without a criminal record. But there is a silver lining: The Taylor family have been handed a wrongful death civil suit against the police department on a silver platter.


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