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Kentucky AG: Breonna Taylor Warrant Was Not ‘No-Knock,’ Officers ‘Justified In Use Of Force’

Emily Zanotti
Kentucky AG: Breonna Taylor Warrant Was Not ‘No-Knock,’ Officers ‘Justified In Use Of Force’
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In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron explained a Louisville grand jury’s decision to indict only a single officer as a result of a March incident that left emergency room technician Breonna Taylor dead.

Cameron noted that witness testimony indicated officers appeared to correctly execute a search warrant on Taylor’s apartment in connection with a drug case and that the two other officers involved in an ensuing shootout with Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were justified in their use of force because Walker fired first.

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