1 00:00:02,122 --> 00:00:04,208 [device beeps] 2 00:00:04,208 --> 00:00:06,210 911 OPERATOR: 911, what is your emergency? 3 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:55,008 911 OPERATOR: Okay. 4 00:01:04,268 --> 00:01:06,645 911 OPERATOR: Kenneth, can you hear me? 5 00:01:06,645 --> 00:01:09,648 [soft dramatic music] 6 00:01:09,648 --> 00:01:13,652 ♪ ♪ 7 00:01:13,652 --> 00:01:16,613 [birds chirping] 8 00:01:18,198 --> 00:01:22,411 ‐ I was in bed, sleeping, 9 00:01:22,411 --> 00:01:26,415 and about sometime after 12:00, Kenny called me. 10 00:01:26,415 --> 00:01:29,084 He was crying, and he was yelling her name 11 00:01:29,084 --> 00:01:32,463 and said that somebody kicked in the door 12 00:01:32,463 --> 00:01:35,507 and he think Breonna was shot. 13 00:01:35,507 --> 00:01:37,718 And I kind of‐‐ I dropped the phone. 14 00:01:37,718 --> 00:01:40,721 [tense music] 15 00:01:40,721 --> 00:01:44,099 ♪ ♪ 16 00:01:44,099 --> 00:01:45,476 [device beeps] 17 00:01:45,476 --> 00:01:46,643 911 OPERATOR: 911, what's your emergency? 18 00:01:46,643 --> 00:01:48,020 SUMMER: I immediately called 911. 19 00:01:51,940 --> 00:01:53,567 I mean, it was just, like... [blows raspberry] 20 00:01:53,567 --> 00:01:56,778 Just tons of gun‐‐ bullets going everywhere. 21 00:02:02,785 --> 00:02:06,830 ♪ ♪ 22 00:02:06,830 --> 00:02:09,082 ‐ So I started calling him, 23 00:02:09,082 --> 00:02:10,959 and he wasn't answering the phone, 24 00:02:10,959 --> 00:02:14,505 so I started calling Breonna, 25 00:02:14,505 --> 00:02:16,673 and she wasn't answering. 26 00:02:16,673 --> 00:02:20,093 NEIGHBOR: I'm roughly 100 feet from her apartment. 27 00:02:20,093 --> 00:02:22,805 My apartment does physically touch hers 28 00:02:22,805 --> 00:02:24,181 in the top right corner. 29 00:02:24,181 --> 00:02:26,016 So all that was between me and the outside 30 00:02:26,016 --> 00:02:27,601 was the, uh, screen door. 31 00:02:27,601 --> 00:02:29,102 And I'm sitting there watching TV. 32 00:02:29,102 --> 00:02:31,063 I mean, it was little past midnight or whatever, 33 00:02:31,063 --> 00:02:32,773 and I hear a pop‐pop‐pop. 34 00:02:32,773 --> 00:02:35,901 Immediately after that, I heard two more pops, 35 00:02:35,901 --> 00:02:38,529 and that's when I pulled my blinds open 36 00:02:38,529 --> 00:02:40,614 to see what was happening outside. 37 00:02:40,614 --> 00:02:42,908 It sounded like the O. K. Corral. 38 00:03:04,096 --> 00:03:08,767 ‐ I heard about‐‐maybe about 20 to 25 shots ring out. 39 00:03:08,767 --> 00:03:14,606 ♪ ♪ 40 00:03:14,606 --> 00:03:16,400 At that time, I cut on my radio, 41 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,194 and then I started to hear, you know, "Officer down." 42 00:03:23,115 --> 00:03:24,491 DONAVIS: I knew right away 43 00:03:24,491 --> 00:03:27,536 that it was an officer‐involved situation. 44 00:03:27,536 --> 00:03:29,788 And then I was listening to hear the address. 45 00:03:32,624 --> 00:03:34,293 DONAVIS: I then immediately put on my uniform 46 00:03:34,293 --> 00:03:36,670 and ran down to the scene. 47 00:03:40,299 --> 00:03:43,594 NEIGHBOR: Police just shot. The police just shot. 48 00:03:43,594 --> 00:03:46,096 ‐ This morning, we had a‐‐a critical incident 49 00:03:46,096 --> 00:03:49,433 involving one of our officers, who was shot, 50 00:03:49,433 --> 00:03:52,894 and another person at the scene who was killed. 51 00:03:52,894 --> 00:03:55,772 I wanna say that, uh, we're extremely fortunate, 52 00:03:55,772 --> 00:03:59,067 uh, that our officer, Sergeant Jon Mattingly, 53 00:03:59,067 --> 00:04:00,819 was not more seriously injured. 54 00:04:00,819 --> 00:04:03,780 [unsettling music] 55 00:04:03,780 --> 00:04:09,786 ♪ ♪ 56 00:04:09,786 --> 00:04:11,163 AMANDA: This is Sergeant Amanda Seelye 57 00:04:11,163 --> 00:04:12,497 of the Louisville Metro Police Department's 58 00:04:12,497 --> 00:04:13,790 Public Integrity Unit. 59 00:04:13,790 --> 00:04:16,627 Today's date is Wednesday, March 25, 2020. 60 00:04:24,927 --> 00:04:26,470 Uh, Sergeant, in your own words, 61 00:04:26,470 --> 00:04:29,389 the incident that occurred at 3003 Springfield Drive, 62 00:04:29,389 --> 00:04:31,600 apartment number four? 63 00:05:17,062 --> 00:05:20,357 ‐ At this point, I can see police cars, 64 00:05:20,357 --> 00:05:21,942 and I can see the commotion. 65 00:05:23,068 --> 00:05:27,239 And at that point, I hear them calling him out of the house. 66 00:05:40,961 --> 00:05:42,546 DONAVIS: And him saying, "I'm trying, I'm trying." 67 00:05:46,466 --> 00:05:48,218 DONAVIS: After that point, they secure him 68 00:05:48,218 --> 00:05:49,386 and take him away. 69 00:05:58,895 --> 00:06:00,188 DONAVIS: At that point in time, 70 00:06:00,188 --> 00:06:03,608 I knew that Kenneth Walker was in custody. 71 00:06:03,608 --> 00:06:06,611 [suspenseful music] 72 00:06:06,611 --> 00:06:10,532 ♪ ♪ 73 00:06:10,532 --> 00:06:13,535 ‐ I get dressed and head over there to the apartment. 74 00:06:16,038 --> 00:06:17,664 When I got to the street, 75 00:06:17,664 --> 00:06:20,667 it was flooded with police cars. 76 00:06:20,667 --> 00:06:23,837 It looked like a parade or something. 77 00:06:23,837 --> 00:06:26,506 There was an officer at end of the road. 78 00:06:26,506 --> 00:06:29,259 I explained to her that I needed to get through there, 79 00:06:29,259 --> 00:06:31,720 that something was going on with my daughter. 80 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,681 And she told me to get to the hospital. 81 00:06:34,681 --> 00:06:36,349 [tense music] 82 00:06:36,349 --> 00:06:38,518 So I did. I went to the hospital. 83 00:06:38,518 --> 00:06:40,395 And they said, "She's not here." 84 00:06:40,395 --> 00:06:44,191 And so I waited for about two hours. 85 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,652 She came back and said, "Well, ma'am, 86 00:06:47,652 --> 00:06:49,488 "we don't have anything saying that 87 00:06:49,488 --> 00:06:52,365 this person is even on the way here." 88 00:06:52,365 --> 00:06:56,328 So I knew that I needed to get back to the apartment. 89 00:06:56,328 --> 00:06:57,996 ♪ ♪ 90 00:06:57,996 --> 00:07:00,957 When I got there, the detective, 91 00:07:00,957 --> 00:07:03,668 he told me to hold on, that he would be back. 92 00:07:03,668 --> 00:07:07,839 So it was another hour or so before he comes back. 93 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,716 I said, "Where is Kenny? 94 00:07:09,716 --> 00:07:12,010 Because you're not telling me anything." 95 00:07:12,010 --> 00:07:15,013 And he said, "Kenny's at one of our offices, 96 00:07:15,013 --> 00:07:17,808 helping us piece together what happened here tonight." 97 00:07:18,892 --> 00:07:21,978 POLICE OFFICER: Today's date's March 13, 2020. 98 00:07:21,978 --> 00:07:23,313 I am here with... 99 00:07:24,564 --> 00:07:26,233 POLICE OFFICER: Kenneth. 100 00:07:26,233 --> 00:07:27,651 KENNETH: [sobbing and sniffling] 101 00:08:46,104 --> 00:08:49,107 [somber music] 102 00:08:49,107 --> 00:08:54,362 ‐ We stood out there till about almost 5:00 in the morning. 103 00:08:54,362 --> 00:08:56,114 It just made no sense, like, 104 00:08:56,114 --> 00:08:58,158 there's all these police out there, 105 00:08:58,158 --> 00:09:00,076 and nobody's telling me anything. 106 00:09:00,076 --> 00:09:03,580 I don't know why any of this is happening. 107 00:09:03,580 --> 00:09:06,625 I said, "Well, where's Breonna? I need to see Breonna." 108 00:09:06,625 --> 00:09:08,501 ‐ I told them, "Just hold on one second. 109 00:09:08,501 --> 00:09:10,754 I'm not at liberty to say anything that happened." 110 00:09:10,754 --> 00:09:13,048 And then I went to go get a detective, 111 00:09:13,048 --> 00:09:15,091 and they went and spoke to 112 00:09:15,091 --> 00:09:17,344 Breonna's family at that point in time. 113 00:09:18,345 --> 00:09:22,807 TAMIKA: It was about 11:00 in the morning 114 00:09:22,807 --> 00:09:24,100 when he comes back over 115 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:26,811 and says they were almost done. 116 00:09:26,811 --> 00:09:31,066 And I said, "Okay, that's fine, but where is Breonna?" 117 00:09:31,066 --> 00:09:34,402 And that's when he said, uh, 118 00:09:34,402 --> 00:09:37,530 "Well, ma'am, she's still in the apartment." 119 00:09:37,530 --> 00:09:43,912 So...I knew then what that meant. 120 00:09:43,912 --> 00:09:46,915 [birds chirping] 121 00:09:56,341 --> 00:09:58,927 [sighs] 122 00:10:06,601 --> 00:10:08,061 Yeah. 123 00:10:08,061 --> 00:10:09,938 [melancholy music] 124 00:10:09,938 --> 00:10:11,940 Then we finally, 125 00:10:11,940 --> 00:10:15,860 about 2:00, was able to get into the apartment. 126 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:17,570 ♪ ♪ 127 00:10:17,570 --> 00:10:21,157 I saw where she laid on the floor and died. 128 00:10:21,157 --> 00:10:24,703 It was bullet holes everywhere: 129 00:10:24,703 --> 00:10:30,083 in the ceiling, into the upstairs apartments, 130 00:10:30,083 --> 00:10:33,253 the walls, the clock, 131 00:10:33,253 --> 00:10:36,589 the stove, the bed, 132 00:10:36,589 --> 00:10:38,883 soap dish. 133 00:10:38,883 --> 00:10:41,428 I just... 134 00:10:41,428 --> 00:10:46,141 I was sorry that I wasn't there. 135 00:10:48,518 --> 00:10:51,313 [sobbing] 136 00:10:51,313 --> 00:10:58,320 ♪ ♪ 137 00:10:58,862 --> 00:11:02,115 No one ever told me really what happened there, though. 138 00:11:02,115 --> 00:11:07,495 I didn't find out that she was shot by a police officer 139 00:11:07,495 --> 00:11:10,206 till I saw it on the news. 140 00:11:10,206 --> 00:11:12,042 NEWSCASTER: Louisville police say three officers 141 00:11:12,042 --> 00:11:15,045 executed a search warrant at Taylor's apartment, 142 00:11:15,045 --> 00:11:16,796 an address police believed was used 143 00:11:16,796 --> 00:11:20,050 by a suspected drug dealer to traffic narcotics. 144 00:11:20,050 --> 00:11:25,889 ‐ To hear that, sounds like‐‐ it just made no sense. 145 00:11:25,889 --> 00:11:28,516 ♪ ♪ 146 00:11:30,977 --> 00:11:34,022 ‐ I didn't. 147 00:11:34,022 --> 00:11:37,609 I called, but they never called back. 148 00:11:37,609 --> 00:11:40,487 It was a couple days later. 149 00:11:40,487 --> 00:11:45,283 I called an attorney because nobody's telling me anything. 150 00:11:45,283 --> 00:11:47,827 [dramatic music] 151 00:11:47,827 --> 00:11:50,205 ♪ ♪ 152 00:11:50,205 --> 00:11:52,082 SAM: I first heard from Breonna Taylor's family 153 00:11:52,082 --> 00:11:54,959 the Saturday following Breonna's death. 154 00:11:54,959 --> 00:11:57,003 And immediately, there were red flags. 155 00:11:58,004 --> 00:12:00,006 Because this case had been presented 156 00:12:00,006 --> 00:12:03,510 initially to the media as if officers came in, 157 00:12:03,510 --> 00:12:06,054 they were immediately confronted with gunfire, 158 00:12:06,054 --> 00:12:10,016 and they fired back, and a girl died. 159 00:12:10,016 --> 00:12:13,937 You know that that is a smidgeon of the actual story. 160 00:12:13,937 --> 00:12:17,190 ♪ ♪ 161 00:12:20,485 --> 00:12:23,446 [gentle piano music] 162 00:12:23,446 --> 00:12:30,453 ♪ ♪ 163 00:12:35,166 --> 00:12:39,212 TAMIKA: Breonna was born in 1993. 164 00:12:43,258 --> 00:12:45,093 I was in disbelief. 165 00:12:45,093 --> 00:12:47,804 I was 16 years old. 166 00:12:47,804 --> 00:12:50,557 I feel like we grew up together. 167 00:12:50,557 --> 00:12:52,100 Mostly everything I knew, 168 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:53,643 I learned through being her mother, 169 00:12:53,643 --> 00:12:57,689 and she learned everything through me. 170 00:12:57,689 --> 00:13:00,525 She was a better version of me, though. 171 00:13:00,525 --> 00:13:03,611 She was‐‐yeah. [chuckles] 172 00:13:03,611 --> 00:13:07,574 Just full of life, just easy to love. 173 00:13:08,992 --> 00:13:12,120 She had a smile, out of this world. 174 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:13,538 [hip‐hop music playing] 175 00:13:13,538 --> 00:13:16,040 ‐ Hey, if you ain't got you a Breonna... 176 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,668 ‐ Or a Preonia. ‐ You losing! 177 00:13:18,668 --> 00:13:20,879 PREONIA: Our relationship was more like sisters. 178 00:13:20,879 --> 00:13:23,965 Instead of being twin sisters, we were twin cousins. 179 00:13:23,965 --> 00:13:25,884 Pre and Bre. 180 00:13:25,884 --> 00:13:27,844 [melancholy music] 181 00:13:27,844 --> 00:13:30,054 We always had a bond as kids. 182 00:13:31,097 --> 00:13:34,142 I didn't have a lot of support or motivation growing up, 183 00:13:34,142 --> 00:13:37,770 and just seeing how she was 184 00:13:37,770 --> 00:13:40,064 wanting to be successful... 185 00:13:41,316 --> 00:13:43,026 She drove that into my head. 186 00:13:43,026 --> 00:13:44,861 Like, "This is what we're gonna do. 187 00:13:44,861 --> 00:13:46,654 This is how you're gonna do it." 188 00:13:46,654 --> 00:13:51,201 And I probably learned more from her 189 00:13:51,201 --> 00:13:52,619 than my own mother. 190 00:13:52,619 --> 00:13:54,329 ♪ ♪ 191 00:13:54,329 --> 00:13:58,124 ‐ I was more like the older sister cousin. 192 00:14:01,669 --> 00:14:04,005 I just loved, uh, who she was. 193 00:14:04,005 --> 00:14:06,591 She always had, like, a problem solver attitude. 194 00:14:06,591 --> 00:14:09,177 It never mattered how big the problem was. 195 00:14:09,177 --> 00:14:11,512 She knew that she could solve it. 196 00:14:11,512 --> 00:14:14,265 TAMIKA: She started saying, "Yeah, I'm gonna be a nurse." 197 00:14:15,642 --> 00:14:17,518 I knew she'd help people, though. 198 00:14:17,518 --> 00:14:21,940 Even as a kid, I can remember her being seven years old, 199 00:14:21,940 --> 00:14:23,107 saying to my mother, 200 00:14:23,107 --> 00:14:25,443 "Let me check your blood sugar." 201 00:14:25,443 --> 00:14:27,612 Like, leave her alone. 202 00:14:27,612 --> 00:14:30,323 But she‐‐my mother will let her stick her finger in, 203 00:14:30,323 --> 00:14:32,867 and she was, like‐‐she was so pumped up to do it 204 00:14:32,867 --> 00:14:35,245 and help her do her insulin. 205 00:14:35,245 --> 00:14:37,080 I'm like, "Oh, my God." 206 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:38,998 She was one of those people. 207 00:14:38,998 --> 00:14:40,959 She made a plan, and she went. 208 00:14:40,959 --> 00:14:43,044 That was it. 209 00:14:43,044 --> 00:14:44,754 JESSICA: I liked her as a worker. 210 00:14:44,754 --> 00:14:46,631 She would get to work early. 211 00:14:46,631 --> 00:14:48,967 Was just a go‐getter. She was ready to go, to learn. 212 00:14:48,967 --> 00:14:51,177 She had previously been an EMT. 213 00:14:51,177 --> 00:14:52,720 She's like, "I wanna be a nurse." 214 00:14:54,055 --> 00:14:55,932 So she worked as an ER tech, 215 00:14:55,932 --> 00:14:58,476 and that was, like, her first step to becoming a nurse. 216 00:14:58,476 --> 00:15:00,853 BREONNA: Hey! What! 217 00:15:00,853 --> 00:15:02,313 [laughter] 218 00:15:02,313 --> 00:15:03,898 KATRINA: When you're around her, you're gonna enjoy it. 219 00:15:03,898 --> 00:15:05,233 ‐ Exactly. 220 00:15:05,233 --> 00:15:06,317 KATRINA: You're gonna have the time of your life, 221 00:15:06,317 --> 00:15:08,152 even if it's just riding to Chick‐fil‐A 222 00:15:08,152 --> 00:15:10,196 and getting macaroni and cheese, you know? 223 00:15:10,196 --> 00:15:12,782 Like, you're really gonna have a good time. 224 00:15:12,782 --> 00:15:14,575 PREONIA: Literally. ‐ Literally, like‐‐ 225 00:15:14,575 --> 00:15:15,910 PREONIA: You go‐‐she gonna turn her music up, 226 00:15:15,910 --> 00:15:17,412 she's gonna put the pedal to the metal, 227 00:15:17,412 --> 00:15:19,372 and we gonna ride to Chick‐fil‐A and get some‐‐ 228 00:15:19,372 --> 00:15:21,249 KATRINA: Yes. Macaroni and cheese. 229 00:15:21,249 --> 00:15:22,667 And it's‐‐ [laughter] 230 00:15:22,667 --> 00:15:24,168 PREONIA: And that's just what it's gonna be. 231 00:15:24,168 --> 00:15:25,169 KATRINA: Yeah. 232 00:15:25,169 --> 00:15:27,755 ‐ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, dog ♪ 233 00:15:27,755 --> 00:15:28,798 [laughter] 234 00:15:28,798 --> 00:15:30,258 ‐ I went to school with her. 235 00:15:30,258 --> 00:15:32,635 Even when she went to college, she'll come back home, 236 00:15:32,635 --> 00:15:34,095 and she'll come pick me up. 237 00:15:34,095 --> 00:15:35,513 I'll go spend the night with her on weekdays, 238 00:15:35,513 --> 00:15:37,056 and she'd be like, "Get up, you gotta go to school. 239 00:15:37,056 --> 00:15:38,349 I gotta take you to school." 240 00:15:38,349 --> 00:15:40,310 And she'll take me around to school. 241 00:15:40,310 --> 00:15:43,980 ‐ That's just who she was, and it's like, 242 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:45,148 we don't have that no more. 243 00:15:45,148 --> 00:15:46,316 PREONIA: Right. 244 00:15:46,316 --> 00:15:49,319 [melancholy music] 245 00:15:49,319 --> 00:15:54,198 ♪ ♪ 246 00:15:54,198 --> 00:15:55,575 ‐ Yeah. 247 00:15:58,578 --> 00:16:01,164 ELYSIA: I've cried every day since March the 13th. 248 00:16:01,164 --> 00:16:03,833 Like, I thought maybe it'll get a little easy on us. 249 00:16:03,833 --> 00:16:06,711 It's actually, like, hurting more. 250 00:16:06,711 --> 00:16:09,213 I never knew I was capable of hurting like this. 251 00:16:09,213 --> 00:16:10,673 You know? 252 00:16:10,673 --> 00:16:13,885 Like, I think I need psychological help out‐‐ 253 00:16:13,885 --> 00:16:15,887 at this point about the situation. 254 00:16:15,887 --> 00:16:20,683 ♪ ♪ 255 00:16:20,683 --> 00:16:22,435 And I'm a strong person. 256 00:16:24,687 --> 00:16:26,272 It's got me so weak. 257 00:16:26,272 --> 00:16:31,194 ♪ ♪ 258 00:16:31,194 --> 00:16:32,779 I'm sorry. 259 00:16:32,779 --> 00:16:37,283 ♪ ♪ 260 00:16:37,283 --> 00:16:40,286 [insects chirring] 261 00:16:40,286 --> 00:16:47,293 ♪ ♪ 262 00:16:49,921 --> 00:16:52,215 KENNETH: Breonna was a great person, 263 00:16:52,215 --> 00:16:55,218 and she didn't deserve what happened to her. 264 00:16:55,218 --> 00:16:57,261 She was more than a girlfriend. 265 00:16:57,261 --> 00:16:59,472 More than that, was my best friend for sure. 266 00:16:59,472 --> 00:17:02,475 [dramatic music] 267 00:17:02,475 --> 00:17:04,143 ♪ ♪ 268 00:17:04,143 --> 00:17:07,814 We met, I guess, on Twitter. 269 00:17:07,814 --> 00:17:09,232 [laughs] 270 00:17:09,232 --> 00:17:15,154 Kinda, like, flirting all the time on there. 271 00:17:15,154 --> 00:17:17,240 She went to University of Kentucky. 272 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:18,783 I went to Western Kentucky. 273 00:17:18,783 --> 00:17:21,285 But Twitter was the big thing at the time. 274 00:17:21,285 --> 00:17:24,414 So...yes. 275 00:17:24,414 --> 00:17:26,874 Yeah, about that time. 276 00:17:26,874 --> 00:17:28,710 Mm. 277 00:17:28,710 --> 00:17:30,128 I kept on telling her, 278 00:17:30,128 --> 00:17:31,838 "I don't wanna be friends no more." 279 00:17:31,838 --> 00:17:33,047 [laughs] 280 00:17:33,047 --> 00:17:34,716 "But we can be if we have to be, 281 00:17:34,716 --> 00:17:36,050 but I don't wanna be." 282 00:17:36,050 --> 00:17:40,680 ♪ ♪ 283 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,890 Even off, we was always on. 284 00:17:42,890 --> 00:17:44,934 There was no way we was ever gonna leave each other alone, 285 00:17:44,934 --> 00:17:46,519 no matter what was going on. 286 00:17:47,770 --> 00:17:50,022 No matter how it started, 287 00:17:50,022 --> 00:17:51,816 we was always gonna come back together. 288 00:17:51,816 --> 00:17:53,443 There was a million times where I said, 289 00:17:53,443 --> 00:17:55,319 "I'm not messing with her anymore ever again." 290 00:17:55,319 --> 00:17:58,114 And I'm sure she said the same thing several times, 291 00:17:58,114 --> 00:18:01,325 but somehow we always ended up back together. 292 00:18:01,325 --> 00:18:03,870 Love you too. Let me show you some love. 293 00:18:03,870 --> 00:18:05,204 [smooching] [laughter] 294 00:18:05,204 --> 00:18:06,497 Come here, girl. 295 00:18:21,179 --> 00:18:23,139 BREONNA: Ooh. FRIEND: [groans] 296 00:18:23,139 --> 00:18:26,142 [laughter] 297 00:18:27,602 --> 00:18:31,147 KENNETH: We had baby names and everything. 298 00:18:31,147 --> 00:18:33,983 Kenbre‐‐just for the record, that was the girl name. 299 00:18:33,983 --> 00:18:36,235 It's Kenny and Bre mixed. I like that. 300 00:18:36,235 --> 00:18:40,239 But, um, yeah, like, everything was going really good. 301 00:18:40,239 --> 00:18:42,825 We was‐‐our friendship was at an all‐time high, 302 00:18:42,825 --> 00:18:45,286 and then we were both getting everything together 303 00:18:45,286 --> 00:18:47,997 that we wanted to do individually, 304 00:18:47,997 --> 00:18:51,751 so it was about time for everything to work together. 305 00:18:51,751 --> 00:18:55,171 [delicate music] 306 00:18:55,171 --> 00:18:57,840 ‐ It was happening for her. 307 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:02,553 ♪ ♪ 308 00:19:02,553 --> 00:19:05,306 I was proud. 309 00:19:05,306 --> 00:19:10,978 ♪ ♪ 310 00:19:14,273 --> 00:19:17,276 [tense music] 311 00:19:17,276 --> 00:19:19,737 ♪ ♪ 312 00:19:19,737 --> 00:19:22,323 PREONIA: After the killing and when the media 313 00:19:22,323 --> 00:19:24,617 tried to assassinate Breonna's character, 314 00:19:24,617 --> 00:19:26,452 it was just like, 315 00:19:26,452 --> 00:19:28,204 "Nah, we gotta do something about this. 316 00:19:28,204 --> 00:19:29,372 We can't keep quiet." 317 00:19:29,372 --> 00:19:30,832 KATRINA: It was important, 318 00:19:30,832 --> 00:19:32,792 because they were spreading a false narrative 319 00:19:32,792 --> 00:19:36,546 that she was a drug dealer and Kenny was a cop killer. 320 00:19:36,546 --> 00:19:38,881 PREONIA: We calling each other like, "What is going on? 321 00:19:38,881 --> 00:19:41,384 This is crazy." KATRINA: Why'd this happen? 322 00:19:41,384 --> 00:19:43,761 PREONIA: Yeah. What was the reason? 323 00:19:43,761 --> 00:19:45,680 The real reason. KATRINA: The real reason. 324 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:49,725 ♪ ♪ 325 00:19:49,725 --> 00:19:51,686 ‐ I still don't have any real answers. 326 00:19:51,686 --> 00:19:54,689 ‐ I think what Tamika and everybody else out there 327 00:19:54,689 --> 00:19:59,151 is looking for is the truth, uh, and some form of action. 328 00:20:01,279 --> 00:20:08,202 ♪ ♪ 329 00:20:08,202 --> 00:20:10,496 ‐ After the raid that killed Breonna Taylor, 330 00:20:10,496 --> 00:20:12,206 Metro council members say 331 00:20:12,206 --> 00:20:14,375 it's time to speed up certain investigations 332 00:20:14,375 --> 00:20:17,336 and release more info to the public faster. 333 00:20:17,336 --> 00:20:20,172 DAVID: Unfortunately, many of the things 334 00:20:20,172 --> 00:20:21,757 that we've learned about the shooting 335 00:20:21,757 --> 00:20:24,010 have come from, um, 336 00:20:24,010 --> 00:20:26,846 the attorneys involved in the case and from the media 337 00:20:26,846 --> 00:20:29,932 and‐‐and not from, uh, the mayor or the police chief. 338 00:20:29,932 --> 00:20:36,939 ♪ ♪ 339 00:20:38,941 --> 00:20:42,528 We as the metro council were demanding from the mayor 340 00:20:42,528 --> 00:20:44,614 any and all documents and information 341 00:20:44,614 --> 00:20:48,242 related to Breonna Taylor and police actions. 342 00:20:48,242 --> 00:20:49,994 The Office of the Attorney General 343 00:20:49,994 --> 00:20:51,871 for the state of Kentucky 344 00:20:51,871 --> 00:20:54,749 is conducting a separate but independent investigation. 345 00:20:54,749 --> 00:20:56,959 ‐ The Louisville Police Department issued 346 00:20:56,959 --> 00:20:59,545 this statement about the internal investigation 347 00:20:59,545 --> 00:21:01,756 into Breonna Taylor's case: 348 00:21:01,756 --> 00:21:03,132 "The investigation will go 349 00:21:03,132 --> 00:21:05,092 "to Attorney General Daniel Cameron, 350 00:21:05,092 --> 00:21:06,719 "whose office will review it 351 00:21:06,719 --> 00:21:09,263 since Commonwealth Attorney Tom Wine has recused himself." 352 00:21:09,263 --> 00:21:11,724 DANIEL: And also the FBI is conducting 353 00:21:11,724 --> 00:21:13,517 a separate investigation. 354 00:21:13,517 --> 00:21:14,977 NEWSCASTER: As we understand it, 355 00:21:14,977 --> 00:21:17,396 the FBI is focusing its investigation primarily 356 00:21:17,396 --> 00:21:19,690 on potential civil rights violations 357 00:21:19,690 --> 00:21:21,817 and how police went about getting and executing 358 00:21:21,817 --> 00:21:23,611 that no‐knock warrant. 359 00:21:23,611 --> 00:21:25,446 ♪ ♪ 360 00:21:25,446 --> 00:21:28,199 ‐ On March the‐‐the 12th, uh, 361 00:21:28,199 --> 00:21:31,369 there were warrants signed by one of our circuit judges. 362 00:21:31,369 --> 00:21:34,664 Included in that warrant‐‐ those warrants, excuse me, 363 00:21:34,664 --> 00:21:37,541 was the home of Ms. Breonna Taylor. 364 00:21:37,541 --> 00:21:40,544 [suspenseful music] 365 00:21:40,544 --> 00:21:45,633 ♪ ♪ 366 00:21:45,633 --> 00:21:47,218 DAVID: The reason the judge signed the warrant 367 00:21:47,218 --> 00:21:49,845 for Breonna Taylor, I'm not sure. 368 00:21:49,845 --> 00:21:56,852 ♪ ♪ 369 00:22:01,774 --> 00:22:03,651 THOMAS: There's a paragraph in those warrants 370 00:22:03,651 --> 00:22:06,779 called a no‐knock provision, which means the officers, 371 00:22:06,779 --> 00:22:08,698 they simply knock in the door, 372 00:22:08,698 --> 00:22:11,867 uh, using a battering ram or whatever device they have. 373 00:22:11,867 --> 00:22:14,912 ANNOUNCER: It takes a team to search for the truth. 374 00:22:14,912 --> 00:22:17,289 We are Louisville Metro Police. 375 00:22:17,289 --> 00:22:19,709 [uplifting music] 376 00:22:19,709 --> 00:22:22,169 DAVID: Police often look at no‐knock search warrants 377 00:22:22,169 --> 00:22:25,715 as a tool they can use in the war on drugs. 378 00:22:25,715 --> 00:22:27,842 A no‐knock warrant is used 379 00:22:27,842 --> 00:22:30,720 to try and catch a suspect off guard. 380 00:22:32,013 --> 00:22:35,182 The downside is, if things don't go well, 381 00:22:35,182 --> 00:22:37,351 then people get hurt and people get killed. 382 00:22:39,603 --> 00:22:41,439 SAM: When we look at the day of March 12th, 383 00:22:41,439 --> 00:22:43,190 the early morning of March 13th, 384 00:22:43,190 --> 00:22:45,693 it was a series of catastrophic failures. 385 00:22:45,693 --> 00:22:47,361 A single one of them doesn't happen, 386 00:22:47,361 --> 00:22:49,363 and Breonna Taylor is alive. 387 00:22:49,363 --> 00:22:51,449 We've got five no‐knock warrants. 388 00:22:51,449 --> 00:22:55,494 They're being issued to hit five different residences, 389 00:22:55,494 --> 00:22:58,539 three of which are for properties on Elliott. 390 00:22:58,539 --> 00:23:01,584 Then you have the fourth one for West Muhammad Ali, 391 00:23:01,584 --> 00:23:03,252 and the fifth no‐knock warrant 392 00:23:03,252 --> 00:23:07,131 is for 3003 Springfield Drive, apartment four, 393 00:23:07,131 --> 00:23:10,676 which is in a totally different area of Louisville. 394 00:23:10,676 --> 00:23:13,179 It is a nice apartment complex, 395 00:23:13,179 --> 00:23:14,847 and it's Breonna Taylor's home. 396 00:23:15,806 --> 00:23:18,851 And one house in particular, 2424 Elliott, 397 00:23:18,851 --> 00:23:21,312 happens to be their primary target, 398 00:23:21,312 --> 00:23:25,232 Breonna Taylor's ex‐boyfriend Jamarcus Glover. 399 00:23:25,232 --> 00:23:27,234 [tense music] 400 00:23:27,234 --> 00:23:29,195 THOMAS: Jamarcus Glover was convicted 401 00:23:29,195 --> 00:23:33,532 in about 2008 in Mississippi for trafficking in cocaine, 402 00:23:33,532 --> 00:23:36,911 and subsequently in Kentucky, I believe it was 2014, 403 00:23:36,911 --> 00:23:38,954 he picked up a second conviction 404 00:23:38,954 --> 00:23:41,665 for illegal possession of controlled substances. 405 00:23:41,665 --> 00:23:43,000 To the best of my knowledge, 406 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,711 there are no convictions for violent crimes. 407 00:23:45,711 --> 00:23:48,130 Of course, now we have him up here in Jefferson County. 408 00:23:49,090 --> 00:23:51,634 There was certainly evidence that would suggest 409 00:23:51,634 --> 00:23:53,219 that there was a connection 410 00:23:53,219 --> 00:23:55,846 between Breonna Taylor and Jamarcus Glover. 411 00:23:55,846 --> 00:23:57,890 OPERATOR: Hello, this is a free call 412 00:23:57,890 --> 00:23:59,725 from an inmate at 413 00:23:59,725 --> 00:24:02,728 Louisville Metropolitan Corrections Department. 414 00:24:02,728 --> 00:24:03,896 BREONNA: Yo. 415 00:24:36,929 --> 00:24:39,932 [inquisitive music] 416 00:24:39,932 --> 00:24:46,939 ♪ ♪ 417 00:24:48,816 --> 00:24:51,110 LONITA: Sam and I got to work on investigating. 418 00:24:51,110 --> 00:24:54,530 We connected the Elliott Street search warrants 419 00:24:54,530 --> 00:24:57,658 and the search warrant on Breonna's house. 420 00:24:57,658 --> 00:25:03,414 ♪ ♪ 421 00:25:03,414 --> 00:25:05,374 ‐ One of the allegations against Ms. Taylor 422 00:25:05,374 --> 00:25:06,542 was that he may have kept 423 00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:08,419 money and/or drugs at her home. 424 00:25:08,419 --> 00:25:12,047 The officer who had drafted the warrant 425 00:25:12,047 --> 00:25:17,386 saw Mr. Glover go to Breonna Taylor's home 426 00:25:17,386 --> 00:25:19,388 and saw him leave with packages 427 00:25:19,388 --> 00:25:22,933 sometime in January of 2020 428 00:25:22,933 --> 00:25:26,520 and were able to confirm that Jamarcus Glover 429 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,941 was using Breonna Taylor's address for his own address 430 00:25:30,941 --> 00:25:33,986 as late as February 2020. 431 00:25:33,986 --> 00:25:35,863 So those were just some of the things 432 00:25:35,863 --> 00:25:37,531 that were in that warrant, the affidavit. 433 00:25:37,531 --> 00:25:40,534 [light dramatic music] 434 00:25:40,534 --> 00:25:43,037 ♪ ♪ 435 00:25:43,037 --> 00:25:45,039 LONITA: I take issue with the information 436 00:25:45,039 --> 00:25:47,208 in the search warrant; it was old. 437 00:25:47,208 --> 00:25:50,336 Um, a narcotics detective would tell you, 438 00:25:50,336 --> 00:25:52,338 you wanna corroborate any activity 439 00:25:52,338 --> 00:25:54,632 within 48 hours of getting that warrant to say, 440 00:25:54,632 --> 00:25:58,260 "We've seen this behavior within the last 48 hours." 441 00:25:58,260 --> 00:26:05,267 ♪ ♪ 442 00:26:08,187 --> 00:26:09,939 DAVID: I have some questions about 443 00:26:09,939 --> 00:26:12,107 whether that was a valid search warrant or not. 444 00:26:12,107 --> 00:26:13,651 [tense music] 445 00:26:13,651 --> 00:26:15,361 There's a matrix that the police department 446 00:26:15,361 --> 00:26:17,154 uses for every search warrant. 447 00:26:17,154 --> 00:26:19,156 It would ask questions such as, 448 00:26:19,156 --> 00:26:21,784 "Is the facility‐‐ does it have reinforced doors? 449 00:26:21,784 --> 00:26:23,118 "Does it have steel bars? 450 00:26:23,118 --> 00:26:24,995 "Are there cameras for surveillance? 451 00:26:24,995 --> 00:26:26,997 "Is the person that you're looking for 452 00:26:26,997 --> 00:26:29,250 armed or known to be armed in the past?" 453 00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:31,293 And so in this particular incident, 454 00:26:31,293 --> 00:26:35,381 where it lists the reasons for the no‐knock search warrant, 455 00:26:35,381 --> 00:26:39,635 those reasons appear to be for some other location, 456 00:26:39,635 --> 00:26:42,596 because there was no security doors 457 00:26:42,596 --> 00:26:44,390 on Breonna Taylor's home. 458 00:26:44,390 --> 00:26:46,684 There was no surveillance cameras. 459 00:26:46,684 --> 00:26:48,978 There's no criminal history of Breonna Taylor 460 00:26:48,978 --> 00:26:50,896 having a weapon or anything like that. 461 00:26:50,896 --> 00:26:54,775 ♪ ♪ 462 00:26:59,488 --> 00:27:02,700 SAM: What we know is that these warrants get obtained 463 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:08,539 between 12:25 and 12:37 in the afternoon on March 12th. 464 00:27:08,539 --> 00:27:11,125 When you fast‐forward about eight to nine hours, 465 00:27:11,125 --> 00:27:13,127 we've got the officer schedules, and we see 466 00:27:13,127 --> 00:27:15,045 that between these five houses, 467 00:27:15,045 --> 00:27:18,632 you have more than 70 LMPD members. 468 00:27:18,632 --> 00:27:20,634 It's like a raid on a terrorist. 469 00:27:20,634 --> 00:27:24,138 There is a whiteboard that shows the officers assigned 470 00:27:24,138 --> 00:27:26,015 to different homes that were getting warrants 471 00:27:26,015 --> 00:27:28,434 executed on them that night. 472 00:27:28,434 --> 00:27:31,645 What you see is lots of folks assigned to Elliott. 473 00:27:31,645 --> 00:27:34,314 Then you see what appears to be 474 00:27:34,314 --> 00:27:37,151 lots of folks assigned to Springfield. 475 00:27:38,318 --> 00:27:41,405 We know from Officer Mattingly's own statement 476 00:27:41,405 --> 00:27:43,240 that it was a makeshift crew. 477 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,533 That's a recipe for disaster, 478 00:27:44,533 --> 00:27:47,077 'cause you're about to beat down doors 479 00:27:47,077 --> 00:27:49,872 and quick, fast‐paced decision‐making process 480 00:27:49,872 --> 00:27:51,999 with folks that you've never done it with before. 481 00:27:51,999 --> 00:27:56,003 ♪ ♪ 482 00:28:07,306 --> 00:28:14,063 ♪ ♪ 483 00:29:02,152 --> 00:29:03,862 SAM: They knew nothing about Breonna. 484 00:29:03,862 --> 00:29:05,489 They knew nothing about Breonna's house. 485 00:29:05,489 --> 00:29:07,199 They did not know that Breonna lived 486 00:29:07,199 --> 00:29:11,078 with her 20‐year‐old sister or that a two‐year‐old child 487 00:29:11,078 --> 00:29:14,414 spent several nights a week there. 488 00:29:14,414 --> 00:29:15,958 ♪ ♪ 489 00:29:15,958 --> 00:29:18,794 PREONIA: We actually were on FaceTime 490 00:29:18,794 --> 00:29:21,004 two or three hours before the actual 491 00:29:21,004 --> 00:29:23,006 situation that had happened. 492 00:29:23,006 --> 00:29:25,717 We was trying on our outfits for our girls' trip 493 00:29:25,717 --> 00:29:27,678 that was supposed to be April 1st 494 00:29:27,678 --> 00:29:30,514 to Biloxi, Mississippi, for Black Beach. 495 00:29:30,514 --> 00:29:33,809 So she was just showing me her outfits that came in the mail. 496 00:29:33,809 --> 00:29:40,732 And that was about 10:00, 10:15, March 12th, 497 00:29:40,732 --> 00:29:43,110 and we hung up. 498 00:29:43,110 --> 00:29:45,904 Mm... never heard from her again. 499 00:29:47,156 --> 00:29:50,492 ♪ ♪ 500 00:29:50,492 --> 00:29:53,537 LONITA: They located one of the primary targets, Jamarcus. 501 00:29:53,537 --> 00:29:55,038 He had just dropped his child off 502 00:29:55,038 --> 00:29:57,708 at the child's mother's house 503 00:29:57,708 --> 00:29:59,501 and then went to the Elliott address, 504 00:29:59,501 --> 00:30:01,461 and he was apprehended there. 505 00:30:01,461 --> 00:30:05,174 SAM: They hit Elliott at right around midnight. 506 00:30:05,174 --> 00:30:07,926 Springfield, we know, was hit about 12:40. 507 00:30:07,926 --> 00:30:11,138 ♪ ♪ 508 00:30:11,138 --> 00:30:13,473 They get to Breonna Taylor's house. 509 00:30:13,473 --> 00:30:17,060 [soft dramatic music] 510 00:30:17,060 --> 00:30:18,604 KENNETH: It was late. 511 00:30:18,604 --> 00:30:22,691 It was in between watch a movie and play Uno. 512 00:30:22,691 --> 00:30:25,110 And we decided to do both. 513 00:30:25,110 --> 00:30:27,070 We didn't make it halfway through the Uno game 514 00:30:27,070 --> 00:30:28,739 before she was falling asleep. 515 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,327 The last thing she said was, "Turn off the TV." 516 00:30:35,245 --> 00:30:38,957 Next thing I remember is... 517 00:30:38,957 --> 00:30:41,293 a loud bang at the door. 518 00:30:42,336 --> 00:30:44,254 THOMAS: They approached the door, lined up. 519 00:30:44,254 --> 00:30:47,132 Sergeant Mattingly was the first officer in line. 520 00:31:04,233 --> 00:31:11,198 ♪ ♪ 521 00:31:12,908 --> 00:31:14,868 ‐ One of my duties when I was working 522 00:31:14,868 --> 00:31:17,496 for the police department was training officers 523 00:31:17,496 --> 00:31:19,498 to do dynamic search warrants. 524 00:31:19,498 --> 00:31:21,917 One of the things we always told people 525 00:31:21,917 --> 00:31:23,585 is that when you're yelling, 526 00:31:23,585 --> 00:31:25,170 "Police! We have a search warrant!" 527 00:31:25,170 --> 00:31:26,838 they should say that loud enough 528 00:31:26,838 --> 00:31:28,382 so people within a 100‐foot diameter 529 00:31:28,382 --> 00:31:29,967 know what you're doing. 530 00:31:31,343 --> 00:31:34,012 As you notice when you listen to the 911 call, 531 00:31:34,012 --> 00:31:35,555 it's silence in the background. 532 00:31:39,768 --> 00:31:42,771 [sobbing] 533 00:31:47,567 --> 00:31:49,194 ‐ There's not such thing as 534 00:31:49,194 --> 00:31:51,280 a knock‐and‐not‐announce search warrant. 535 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,657 That is the most dangerous thing you could ever do, 536 00:31:53,657 --> 00:31:55,993 especially in a state like Kentucky, where we have 537 00:31:55,993 --> 00:31:58,245 stand‐your‐ground laws, where you as a citizen 538 00:31:58,245 --> 00:32:00,747 have a right to defend yourself. 539 00:32:00,747 --> 00:32:03,959 Because at 1:00 in the morning and the door comes down 540 00:32:03,959 --> 00:32:05,711 and no one has said who it is, 541 00:32:05,711 --> 00:32:08,463 that's when the law of stand‐your‐ground 542 00:32:08,463 --> 00:32:11,967 and the public policy of police doing no‐knock search warrants 543 00:32:11,967 --> 00:32:14,344 come to a collision in the hallway 544 00:32:14,344 --> 00:32:15,929 of Breonna Taylor's home. 545 00:32:15,929 --> 00:32:17,639 ♪ ♪ 546 00:32:17,639 --> 00:32:20,600 ‐ I never once heard them that night announce themselves. 547 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,227 I used to get in a lot of trouble. 548 00:32:22,227 --> 00:32:23,729 I've had my house raided before. 549 00:32:23,729 --> 00:32:25,564 I know what that sounds like. 550 00:32:25,564 --> 00:32:27,858 I didn't hear that at all. 551 00:32:29,109 --> 00:32:30,319 NEIGHBOR: There was no identification, 552 00:32:30,319 --> 00:32:32,446 no, "We're police officers, 553 00:32:32,446 --> 00:32:33,697 and we're blah‐blah‐blah‐blah‐blah." 554 00:32:33,697 --> 00:32:36,783 No, they're just... [imitates gunfire] 555 00:32:36,783 --> 00:32:39,870 ‐ The police are saying they're yelling out, "Police!" 556 00:32:39,870 --> 00:32:42,080 And Mr. Walker says, "We don't hear that." 557 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,249 [tense music] 558 00:32:44,249 --> 00:32:46,209 ♪ ♪ 559 00:32:46,209 --> 00:32:48,920 ‐ Opened the door to come out, and I seen the cops right there 560 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,131 and they said, "Go back inside, go back inside!" 561 00:32:51,131 --> 00:32:53,550 One of the ladies standing there was another female cop 562 00:32:53,550 --> 00:32:55,719 standing right there, and she said, 563 00:32:55,719 --> 00:32:58,555 "If you don't wanna be in the investigation, 564 00:32:58,555 --> 00:32:59,931 you have to go back inside." 565 00:32:59,931 --> 00:33:01,600 So I rushed back in there. 566 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,561 I heard them knocking the door, saying, "Police, police!" 567 00:33:04,561 --> 00:33:07,105 But I only heard it one time. 568 00:33:07,105 --> 00:33:08,899 The next thing, 15 minutes later, I just hear... 569 00:33:08,899 --> 00:33:10,525 [imitates gunfire] 570 00:33:10,525 --> 00:33:13,445 THOMAS: There is now no question that they knocked, 571 00:33:13,445 --> 00:33:15,489 but the question is, did they announce themselves 572 00:33:15,489 --> 00:33:18,992 as police before they came in and even after they came in, 573 00:33:18,992 --> 00:33:21,078 uh, with the‐‐ before the shooting started? 574 00:33:22,287 --> 00:33:24,289 DAVID: We would probably have that information 575 00:33:24,289 --> 00:33:27,042 if we had body camera footage, but we don't. 576 00:33:27,042 --> 00:33:31,922 In 2015, when the police department instituted its cam‐‐ 577 00:33:31,922 --> 00:33:34,925 body camera policy, uh, the narcotics unit 578 00:33:34,925 --> 00:33:36,385 told the police chief that they 579 00:33:36,385 --> 00:33:38,136 didn't want to wear body cameras. 580 00:33:38,136 --> 00:33:42,682 So as we fast‐forward to 2020, March the 13th, 581 00:33:42,682 --> 00:33:45,852 there's no video of the shooting. 582 00:33:45,852 --> 00:33:48,021 ‐ It won't be the first time we've had a case 583 00:33:48,021 --> 00:33:51,942 where one person says A and another person says B. 584 00:33:51,942 --> 00:33:54,986 And if the investigation can't reach a conclusion, 585 00:33:54,986 --> 00:33:57,155 the jury has to make that determination. 586 00:33:57,155 --> 00:33:59,991 [tense music] 587 00:33:59,991 --> 00:34:01,868 ♪ ♪ 588 00:34:01,868 --> 00:34:04,287 ‐ I actually got a chance to go to that apartment 589 00:34:04,287 --> 00:34:06,456 and walk through it. 590 00:34:06,456 --> 00:34:08,583 There were bullet holes everywhere. 591 00:34:08,583 --> 00:34:11,044 It was a war zone in there. 592 00:34:11,044 --> 00:34:12,754 What in the world happened here? 593 00:34:12,754 --> 00:34:14,506 Why the hell were there so many needs 594 00:34:14,506 --> 00:34:16,299 for this many bullets? 595 00:34:16,299 --> 00:34:18,468 THOMAS: Neither drugs nor money were found 596 00:34:18,468 --> 00:34:20,679 at Ms. Breonna Taylor's apartment. 597 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:24,057 Although they were there with the warrant to go in, 598 00:34:24,057 --> 00:34:26,101 once the shooting occurred, 599 00:34:26,101 --> 00:34:29,229 they never searched the apartment any further. 600 00:34:29,229 --> 00:34:31,064 INTERVIEWER: But they were also there for many hours 601 00:34:31,064 --> 00:34:32,607 into the next day. 602 00:34:32,607 --> 00:34:35,527 Why wouldn't they complete a search the next day 603 00:34:35,527 --> 00:34:37,487 or the day after that? 604 00:34:37,487 --> 00:34:38,989 ‐ That's an appropriate question for‐‐ 605 00:34:38,989 --> 00:34:41,199 for the police to‐‐to answer. 606 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:42,742 I‐‐I don't have that answer. 607 00:34:42,742 --> 00:34:49,249 ♪ ♪ 608 00:34:52,794 --> 00:34:54,004 ‐ All right, good afternoon, everyone, 609 00:34:54,004 --> 00:34:55,380 and thank you very much. 610 00:34:55,380 --> 00:34:56,882 [dramatic music] 611 00:34:56,882 --> 00:35:00,594 I'm directing that our office file a motion 612 00:35:00,594 --> 00:35:03,930 that this case, pending indictment, be dismissed. 613 00:35:03,930 --> 00:35:06,057 NEWSCASTER: Charges dropped in the case against 614 00:35:06,057 --> 00:35:08,810 Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor. 615 00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:11,813 ‐ I made a decision that we should, 616 00:35:11,813 --> 00:35:14,983 uh, dismiss the case against Mr. Kenneth Walker. 617 00:35:14,983 --> 00:35:17,027 SAM: Thankfully, the public got together 618 00:35:17,027 --> 00:35:21,114 and put enough pressure on the commonwealth attorney here 619 00:35:21,114 --> 00:35:23,825 to do what should've been done from day one 620 00:35:23,825 --> 00:35:25,535 and dismiss those charges. 621 00:35:25,535 --> 00:35:27,913 NEWSCASTER: The decision to prosecute police officers 622 00:35:27,913 --> 00:35:30,040 in the Breonna Taylor case 623 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,876 could come down to a matter of following the bullets. 624 00:35:32,876 --> 00:35:35,253 ‐ What bullets came from what gun, 625 00:35:35,253 --> 00:35:37,464 what direction those bullets went. 626 00:35:37,464 --> 00:35:41,551 Understanding that is critical to this investigation. 627 00:35:41,551 --> 00:35:46,890 ♪ ♪ 628 00:35:46,890 --> 00:35:48,683 ‐ This is the stairwell to the second floor. 629 00:35:48,683 --> 00:35:51,436 The officers would've been located under this stairwell. 630 00:35:51,436 --> 00:35:54,147 That's where the door is into the apartment. 631 00:35:54,147 --> 00:35:56,942 That's where they first gained entry. 632 00:35:56,942 --> 00:35:58,568 After that, that's of course when 633 00:35:58,568 --> 00:36:00,070 there were multiple shots fired, 634 00:36:00,070 --> 00:36:02,364 and Ms. Taylor dropped to the floor. 635 00:36:03,490 --> 00:36:05,617 I'm going to attempt to draw a diagram 636 00:36:05,617 --> 00:36:09,287 of the apartment belonging to Ms. Taylor. 637 00:36:09,287 --> 00:36:12,749 The bedroom, uh, that I've drawn, the large bedroom, 638 00:36:12,749 --> 00:36:16,920 is where Ms. Taylor and Mr. Walker were located. 639 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,257 And I'm just gonna kinda draw a circle in that area 640 00:36:20,257 --> 00:36:21,675 where I think them to be located. 641 00:36:21,675 --> 00:36:23,468 Sergeant Mattingly explained 642 00:36:23,468 --> 00:36:25,512 how he stepped across the threshold, 643 00:36:25,512 --> 00:36:27,597 he cleared to the left and to the right, 644 00:36:27,597 --> 00:36:29,474 uh, before he was shot. 645 00:36:29,474 --> 00:36:32,227 Officer Hankison went from this area 646 00:36:32,227 --> 00:36:34,062 to the area somewhere‐‐ 647 00:36:34,062 --> 00:36:37,691 somewhere around in here outside the apartment. 648 00:36:37,691 --> 00:36:40,694 [suspenseful music] 649 00:36:40,694 --> 00:36:44,406 ♪ ♪ 650 00:36:44,406 --> 00:36:45,907 NEIGHBOR: This officer here, 651 00:36:45,907 --> 00:36:48,827 I could physically see the gun and him pulling the trigger, 652 00:36:48,827 --> 00:36:51,413 shooting over into the apartment. 653 00:36:51,413 --> 00:36:55,542 When you're shooting blindly into an apartment 654 00:36:55,542 --> 00:37:00,672 that has a neighbor behind and two neighbors beside, 655 00:37:00,672 --> 00:37:03,258 you're putting other people's lives in danger. 656 00:37:04,676 --> 00:37:06,928 THOMAS: My understanding is that Officer Hankison 657 00:37:06,928 --> 00:37:09,598 fired multiple times from outside, 658 00:37:09,598 --> 00:37:12,559 at least through the sliding glass door, 659 00:37:12,559 --> 00:37:14,853 and maybe through the glass window, yes. 660 00:37:16,313 --> 00:37:19,065 INTERVIEWER: My understanding is that that is, uh, 661 00:37:19,065 --> 00:37:22,319 against police pro‐‐procedure, 662 00:37:22,319 --> 00:37:24,946 to fire and not have a visual ID. 663 00:37:24,946 --> 00:37:26,364 ‐ Not only is that my understanding, 664 00:37:26,364 --> 00:37:28,533 but the chief of police, Rob Schroeder, 665 00:37:28,533 --> 00:37:31,536 wrote a letter citing, uh, that very policy 666 00:37:31,536 --> 00:37:33,788 that he had failed to, uh, 667 00:37:33,788 --> 00:37:36,583 be able to have an eye on the target, if you will. 668 00:37:36,583 --> 00:37:38,335 ♪ ♪ 669 00:37:38,335 --> 00:37:40,754 ‐ Officer Brett Hankison goes AWOL 670 00:37:40,754 --> 00:37:43,757 for more than two hours after the shooting. 671 00:37:43,757 --> 00:37:45,467 There are specific policies and procedures 672 00:37:45,467 --> 00:37:46,968 that relate to this. 673 00:37:46,968 --> 00:37:49,512 You don't go anywhere after an officer‐involved shooting. 674 00:37:49,512 --> 00:37:52,307 And he goes MIA for two hours. 675 00:37:52,307 --> 00:37:54,142 We don't know where the hell he went. 676 00:37:54,142 --> 00:37:55,602 We don't know why he left. 677 00:37:55,602 --> 00:37:56,895 And we don't know why the hell 678 00:37:56,895 --> 00:38:00,065 he still had a job the next day. 679 00:38:00,065 --> 00:38:02,484 In terms of Brett Hankison's past history, 680 00:38:02,484 --> 00:38:05,403 we've got administrative incident reports 681 00:38:05,403 --> 00:38:08,239 documenting use of force for years, 682 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,033 more than 20 of them. 683 00:38:10,033 --> 00:38:11,826 We have an allegation that was investigated 684 00:38:11,826 --> 00:38:14,204 that he took money from suspects. 685 00:38:14,204 --> 00:38:17,207 [fast dramatic music] 686 00:38:17,207 --> 00:38:20,418 ♪ ♪ 687 00:38:20,418 --> 00:38:22,712 We've got individuals around town 688 00:38:22,712 --> 00:38:24,589 who keep coming forward and saying they filed 689 00:38:24,589 --> 00:38:26,591 citizen complaints against him for his conduct. 690 00:38:26,591 --> 00:38:30,637 ♪ ♪ 691 00:38:30,637 --> 00:38:33,098 They never even made his personnel file. 692 00:38:33,098 --> 00:38:37,519 ♪ ♪ 693 00:38:37,519 --> 00:38:40,605 But yet more and more misconduct keeps being exposed. 694 00:38:40,605 --> 00:38:44,776 ♪ ♪ 695 00:38:44,776 --> 00:38:46,820 ‐ I wasn't surprised when I saw 696 00:38:46,820 --> 00:38:50,115 that it was Hankison's face on the news 697 00:38:50,115 --> 00:38:52,867 about Breonna Taylor's shooting. 698 00:38:52,867 --> 00:38:56,413 On the night of September 12, 2019, 699 00:38:56,413 --> 00:38:59,582 I had just finished my first quarter of PA school, 700 00:38:59,582 --> 00:39:01,209 and a bunch of my classmates, 701 00:39:01,209 --> 00:39:02,669 we wanted to go out and celebrate, 702 00:39:02,669 --> 00:39:07,298 so we went to a local bar here in Louisville. 703 00:39:07,298 --> 00:39:09,175 Hankison, who I didn't know at the time, 704 00:39:09,175 --> 00:39:10,802 was working security. 705 00:39:10,802 --> 00:39:13,138 I was there for about an hour, 706 00:39:13,138 --> 00:39:17,142 and then I decided to go home. 707 00:39:17,142 --> 00:39:20,145 I was walking for about ten minutes, 708 00:39:20,145 --> 00:39:22,230 and then a car pulled up next to me, 709 00:39:22,230 --> 00:39:23,982 and it was Hankison. 710 00:39:23,982 --> 00:39:25,567 He was in his police uniform, 711 00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:27,527 offered me a ride, and I got in the car. 712 00:39:27,527 --> 00:39:29,112 [tense music] 713 00:39:29,112 --> 00:39:31,031 He had his hand on my leg 714 00:39:31,031 --> 00:39:33,033 and was referring to me as "baby." 715 00:39:33,033 --> 00:39:35,952 It was, like, every alarm 716 00:39:35,952 --> 00:39:39,039 saying that this was wrong going off in my head at once. 717 00:39:39,039 --> 00:39:41,791 I just remember my heart was, like, beating out of my chest. 718 00:39:41,791 --> 00:39:43,543 I was scared. 719 00:39:43,543 --> 00:39:46,129 Um, I didn't know what to do or how to act. 720 00:39:46,129 --> 00:39:48,339 I couldn't get out of the car. 721 00:39:48,339 --> 00:39:50,175 He was a police officer. 722 00:39:50,175 --> 00:39:52,218 I'm just a grad student. 723 00:39:52,218 --> 00:39:53,470 When we pulled into the driveway 724 00:39:53,470 --> 00:39:55,138 at my apartment complex, 725 00:39:55,138 --> 00:39:57,640 he leaned over and kissed me on the head. 726 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,518 I thanked him for the ride and quickly got out 727 00:40:00,518 --> 00:40:02,687 and ran around to the back side of my apartment 728 00:40:02,687 --> 00:40:06,399 so he couldn't tell which unit was mine. 729 00:40:06,399 --> 00:40:09,444 Next morning, I immediately texted my friends 730 00:40:09,444 --> 00:40:11,488 and told them about my encounter the night before 731 00:40:11,488 --> 00:40:13,740 with a‐‐a creepy police officer. 732 00:40:13,740 --> 00:40:17,619 ♪ ♪ 733 00:40:17,619 --> 00:40:20,121 And one of my friends typed up a complaint 734 00:40:20,121 --> 00:40:21,706 to the Louisville Police Department. 735 00:40:23,583 --> 00:40:25,543 I heard about the Breonna Taylor shooting, 736 00:40:25,543 --> 00:40:28,046 immediately sent it to my boyfriend and told him 737 00:40:28,046 --> 00:40:31,049 that this was the same police officer that picked me up. 738 00:40:31,049 --> 00:40:34,928 And he immediately reached out to the former police chief 739 00:40:34,928 --> 00:40:37,263 and also called LMPD, 740 00:40:37,263 --> 00:40:39,224 which we never heard anything back 741 00:40:39,224 --> 00:40:41,518 until I‐‐I posted my story on Instagram. 742 00:40:41,518 --> 00:40:43,186 ♪ ♪ 743 00:40:43,186 --> 00:40:46,439 Within hours of me posting, 744 00:40:46,439 --> 00:40:49,400 there were at least a dozen girls that reached out to me 745 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,820 with their own encounters with Hankison. 746 00:40:51,820 --> 00:40:58,785 ♪ ♪ 747 00:41:05,041 --> 00:41:06,793 NEWSCASTER: Nearly 100 days 748 00:41:06,793 --> 00:41:08,878 after Breonna Taylor was shot and killed, 749 00:41:08,878 --> 00:41:11,756 one of the officers involved will be fired, 750 00:41:11,756 --> 00:41:14,509 Louisville's police chief issuing a scathing rebuke 751 00:41:14,509 --> 00:41:16,761 of Officer Brett Hankison's actions. 752 00:41:16,761 --> 00:41:19,973 ‐ In a nutshell, what those letters say are, 753 00:41:19,973 --> 00:41:22,475 "You fired ten shots blindly and recklessly. 754 00:41:22,475 --> 00:41:25,562 You can't articulate why it was necessary." 755 00:41:26,479 --> 00:41:28,690 "Your actions were outside of policy. 756 00:41:28,690 --> 00:41:32,777 "They're outside of what we've ever trained you to do. 757 00:41:32,777 --> 00:41:35,113 We've made the decision to terminate you." 758 00:41:36,656 --> 00:41:39,742 INTERVIEWER: So can you comment on if, that's the case 759 00:41:39,742 --> 00:41:43,538 and that is the bullets that killed Breonna Taylor, 760 00:41:43,538 --> 00:41:45,540 what does that mean for, uh, 761 00:41:45,540 --> 00:41:47,375 the possibility of an indictment? 762 00:41:47,375 --> 00:41:48,668 ‐ Well, that‐‐ respectfully, 763 00:41:48,668 --> 00:41:50,128 that's the job of the attorney general. 764 00:41:50,128 --> 00:41:52,297 You've also made an assumption, though, 765 00:41:52,297 --> 00:41:54,257 and that is that Brett Hankison's 766 00:41:54,257 --> 00:41:56,551 projectiles hit Ms. Taylor. 767 00:41:56,551 --> 00:41:58,845 I don't know that to be true at this point. 768 00:41:58,845 --> 00:42:01,389 Uh, what I do know is that, uh, 769 00:42:01,389 --> 00:42:04,559 Sergeant Mattingly was in the best position 770 00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:07,353 and, by his description, fired six times, 771 00:42:07,353 --> 00:42:10,523 so it's very possible that Sergeant Mattingly 772 00:42:10,523 --> 00:42:13,943 fired all five shots that hit, uh, Ms. Taylor. 773 00:42:13,943 --> 00:42:15,820 But, uh‐‐but I don't know that either. 774 00:42:15,820 --> 00:42:17,197 INTERVIEWER: As far as we understand, 775 00:42:17,197 --> 00:42:20,158 those were the only two officers that were shooting. 776 00:42:20,158 --> 00:42:21,993 ‐ No, there is a third officer who was shooting. 777 00:42:21,993 --> 00:42:25,371 He was, uh, up in front next to Sergeant Mattingly, 778 00:42:25,371 --> 00:42:27,790 so there's a possibility that he fired the shot 779 00:42:27,790 --> 00:42:29,792 that struck Ms. Taylor as well. 780 00:42:29,792 --> 00:42:32,795 [soft dramatic music] 781 00:42:32,795 --> 00:42:39,636 ♪ ♪ 782 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:43,806 ‐ We begin today 783 00:42:43,806 --> 00:42:45,225 with shocking news out of Louisville. 784 00:42:45,225 --> 00:42:47,143 Local police have released 785 00:42:47,143 --> 00:42:49,604 a nearly blank incident report 786 00:42:49,604 --> 00:42:51,564 stemming from the night Breonna Taylor 787 00:42:51,564 --> 00:42:54,442 was fatally shot in her own apartment by police. 788 00:42:54,442 --> 00:42:58,154 Yesterday's report listed Taylor's injuries as "none." 789 00:42:58,154 --> 00:42:59,948 TAMIKA: I'm just in disbelief. 790 00:42:59,948 --> 00:43:03,743 It's one screwup after another. 791 00:43:03,743 --> 00:43:06,371 To see the incident report 792 00:43:06,371 --> 00:43:08,915 and you put she had no injuries 793 00:43:08,915 --> 00:43:12,961 and that there was no forced entry into the apartment... 794 00:43:12,961 --> 00:43:16,089 DAVID: There is absolutely no reason 795 00:43:16,089 --> 00:43:19,092 that you would release a incident report 796 00:43:19,092 --> 00:43:22,303 that was factually absolutely incorrect. 797 00:43:22,303 --> 00:43:23,763 It was a lie. 798 00:43:23,763 --> 00:43:25,807 SAM: All of a sudden, you've got to immediately 799 00:43:25,807 --> 00:43:27,684 question every single piece 800 00:43:27,684 --> 00:43:29,644 of information provided by police, 801 00:43:29,644 --> 00:43:33,523 because it clearly looks like a cover‐up, 802 00:43:33,523 --> 00:43:37,568 and it was the ultimate slap in the face to the community. 803 00:43:37,568 --> 00:43:39,320 ‐ Say her name! 804 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:41,364 ALL: Breonna Taylor! 805 00:43:41,364 --> 00:43:42,907 ACTIVIST: Say her name! 806 00:43:42,907 --> 00:43:44,909 ALL: Breonna Taylor! 807 00:43:44,909 --> 00:43:46,577 ACTIVIST: Say her name! 808 00:43:46,577 --> 00:43:47,996 ALL: Breonna Taylor! 809 00:43:47,996 --> 00:43:50,498 AARON: We are in Breonna's Circle, 810 00:43:50,498 --> 00:43:53,126 formerly known as Jefferson Square. 811 00:43:53,126 --> 00:43:55,295 Ground zero. 812 00:43:56,671 --> 00:43:59,757 A lot of us just started to mobilize in desperation 813 00:43:59,757 --> 00:44:02,343 and in anger and in passion and in rage. 814 00:44:02,343 --> 00:44:05,221 ‐ I said, no justice... ALL: No peace! 815 00:44:05,221 --> 00:44:07,265 Prosecute the police! 816 00:44:07,265 --> 00:44:11,352 AARON: The occupation will cease once everybody feels 817 00:44:11,352 --> 00:44:13,813 that Breonna's case has been handled in a just manner. 818 00:44:13,813 --> 00:44:16,482 ALL: How do you spell racist? L‐M‐P‐D! 819 00:44:16,482 --> 00:44:18,192 ACTIVIST: We demand that not only do they get fired, 820 00:44:18,192 --> 00:44:19,527 but they get arrested. 821 00:44:19,527 --> 00:44:21,571 Not only arrested, but they get prosecuted. 822 00:44:21,571 --> 00:44:23,072 Not only prosecuted but convicted. 823 00:44:23,072 --> 00:44:26,242 [crowd clamoring] 824 00:44:26,242 --> 00:44:28,494 ACTIVIST: They're throwing tear gas back at the cops. 825 00:44:28,494 --> 00:44:30,997 ACTIVIST: Throw it back at them. 826 00:44:30,997 --> 00:44:32,665 [explosion pops] 827 00:44:32,665 --> 00:44:34,542 AARON: The police, they've been super aggressive, 828 00:44:34,542 --> 00:44:36,127 and you would think that in light of 829 00:44:36,127 --> 00:44:38,379 why we're even out here, that they would kind of chill, 830 00:44:38,379 --> 00:44:40,214 but they've antagonized us even more. 831 00:44:40,214 --> 00:44:41,549 NEWSCASTER: Meanwhile, in Louisville, 832 00:44:41,549 --> 00:44:44,177 demonstrators used, uh, picnic tables for cover 833 00:44:44,177 --> 00:44:46,804 in confrontation with police there. 834 00:44:46,804 --> 00:44:49,724 Seven people were reportedly shot during the protest. 835 00:44:49,724 --> 00:44:51,809 [explosion pops] ACTIVIST: [screams] 836 00:44:51,809 --> 00:44:53,353 Oh, my God! 837 00:44:53,353 --> 00:44:54,812 They shot [indistinct]. Don't move. 838 00:44:54,812 --> 00:44:56,397 Fuck! 839 00:44:56,397 --> 00:44:57,398 NEWSCASTER: The victim has been identified 840 00:44:57,398 --> 00:44:58,733 as David McAtee. 841 00:44:58,733 --> 00:45:00,276 NEWSCASTER: National Guard shot him dead 842 00:45:00,276 --> 00:45:02,570 during a protest in honor of Breonna Taylor. 843 00:45:02,570 --> 00:45:05,365 ‐ His body laid on the streets, uh, for some 14 hours. 844 00:45:05,365 --> 00:45:08,785 Police saying they regret, uh, that he lay there for so long, 845 00:45:08,785 --> 00:45:10,244 and then last night, again... 846 00:45:10,244 --> 00:45:11,412 AARON: I don't think it's a secret that Kentucky 847 00:45:11,412 --> 00:45:13,289 is a historically oppressive state 848 00:45:13,289 --> 00:45:14,791 when it comes to Black people. 849 00:45:14,791 --> 00:45:18,544 Kentucky has a, um, a history‐‐ a rich history in slavery. 850 00:45:18,544 --> 00:45:20,755 ACTIVIST: It is our duty to fight for our freedom! 851 00:45:20,755 --> 00:45:23,299 ALL: It is our duty to fight for our freedom! 852 00:45:23,299 --> 00:45:25,468 ‐ We have nothing to lose but our chains! 853 00:45:25,468 --> 00:45:27,553 ALL: We have nothing to lose but our chains! 854 00:45:27,553 --> 00:45:31,015 ‐ So back in the day of slavery, 855 00:45:31,015 --> 00:45:34,394 if you did not pay your taxes, 856 00:45:34,394 --> 00:45:38,147 the government would auction your property. 857 00:45:38,147 --> 00:45:40,775 The property was what? 858 00:45:40,775 --> 00:45:42,860 It was slaves. 859 00:45:42,860 --> 00:45:46,697 So you're protesting in the place 860 00:45:46,697 --> 00:45:49,075 where the city made money 861 00:45:49,075 --> 00:45:54,330 from auctioning people that looked like me and you. 862 00:45:54,330 --> 00:45:57,875 There's been a long, long history of the police, 863 00:45:57,875 --> 00:46:01,754 as it relates to blacks, here in this city. 864 00:46:01,754 --> 00:46:03,172 You just have to think about the history 865 00:46:03,172 --> 00:46:05,007 of policing in America, really, 866 00:46:05,007 --> 00:46:07,009 and think about it here in Louisville. 867 00:46:07,009 --> 00:46:09,053 [dramatic music] 868 00:46:09,053 --> 00:46:13,850 For hundreds of years, the police, 869 00:46:13,850 --> 00:46:15,268 they were the ones that went out 870 00:46:15,268 --> 00:46:17,186 and catch the escaped slaves. 871 00:46:17,186 --> 00:46:19,897 They were the ones that enforced segregation rules 872 00:46:19,897 --> 00:46:22,650 and Jim Crow rules within the city. 873 00:46:22,650 --> 00:46:25,945 ♪ ♪ 874 00:46:25,945 --> 00:46:28,448 Even today, there are still problems. 875 00:46:28,448 --> 00:46:32,785 ♪ ♪ 876 00:46:32,785 --> 00:46:36,414 In recent years, the chief decided 877 00:46:36,414 --> 00:46:40,084 one of the best ways to cut down on the violent crime 878 00:46:40,084 --> 00:46:44,505 was to push for the officers to have traffic stops. 879 00:46:44,505 --> 00:46:46,257 [tense music] 880 00:46:46,257 --> 00:46:48,759 They were doing what Mayor Bloomberg 881 00:46:48,759 --> 00:46:50,094 did in New York, 882 00:46:50,094 --> 00:46:51,429 except they were doing it with vehicles. 883 00:46:51,429 --> 00:46:52,722 It was stop and frisk with the vehicle. 884 00:46:52,722 --> 00:46:53,973 ‐ Why are you checking me for? 885 00:46:53,973 --> 00:46:55,183 POLICE OFFICER: I didn't say you did anything. 886 00:46:55,183 --> 00:46:56,517 ‐ Then why'd you take me out the car? 887 00:46:56,517 --> 00:46:58,060 POLICE OFFICER: Do you have any drugs, weapons‐‐ 888 00:46:58,060 --> 00:46:59,270 ‐ I don't; I told you that when you asked me the first time. 889 00:46:59,270 --> 00:47:00,271 POLICE OFFICER: Do you mind if I check? 890 00:47:00,271 --> 00:47:01,564 ‐ I do mind. 891 00:47:01,564 --> 00:47:02,982 DAVID: The goal of which was to stop a car 892 00:47:02,982 --> 00:47:06,360 for a, uh, minor traffic violation 893 00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:08,571 and find a way to search that car. 894 00:47:08,571 --> 00:47:09,822 POLICE OFFICER: No one said he was. 895 00:47:09,822 --> 00:47:11,032 ‐ No reason for him to be out the car 896 00:47:11,032 --> 00:47:12,450 handcuffed right now for a traffic tick‐‐ 897 00:47:12,450 --> 00:47:14,076 POLICE OFFICER: Can you tell me how to pick out 898 00:47:14,076 --> 00:47:15,703 violent crime? Can you tell me how? 899 00:47:15,703 --> 00:47:17,705 ♪ ♪ 900 00:47:17,705 --> 00:47:21,584 ‐ And so it really created a bounty situation 901 00:47:21,584 --> 00:47:23,461 on African Americans. 902 00:47:23,461 --> 00:47:24,795 POLICE OFFICER: We deal with violent crime 903 00:47:24,795 --> 00:47:25,963 all day, every day. 904 00:47:25,963 --> 00:47:28,549 We're gonna stop 30 more people after you. 905 00:47:28,549 --> 00:47:31,385 CHARLES: All of those things just breed mistrusts, 906 00:47:31,385 --> 00:47:32,720 lack of confidence. 907 00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:37,808 And so this has really been, like, boiling for years. 908 00:47:37,808 --> 00:47:39,936 NEWSCASTER: State representative Charles Booker. 909 00:47:39,936 --> 00:47:42,480 His campaign has been engaging with the reform efforts 910 00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,274 sparked by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. 911 00:47:45,274 --> 00:47:46,734 ‐ Well, you know, it's important now 912 00:47:46,734 --> 00:47:48,569 that we listen to the people that are crying out, 913 00:47:48,569 --> 00:47:50,738 demanding justice and accountability. 914 00:47:50,738 --> 00:47:52,865 And we need to reimagine policing. 915 00:47:52,865 --> 00:47:54,534 [dramatic music] 916 00:47:54,534 --> 00:47:56,452 I think, after so long, 917 00:47:56,452 --> 00:47:58,621 the trauma of it, the reality of it 918 00:47:58,621 --> 00:48:02,250 just set in for so many of us that, um, 919 00:48:02,250 --> 00:48:05,586 this agency isn't really built for us. 920 00:48:05,586 --> 00:48:09,048 [melancholy music] 921 00:48:09,048 --> 00:48:12,051 The ways that they were targeting problem areas 922 00:48:12,051 --> 00:48:13,636 really created this dynamic 923 00:48:13,636 --> 00:48:15,888 where community's being overly criminalized. 924 00:48:15,888 --> 00:48:17,682 NEWSCASTER: The attorneys for Taylor's family claimed 925 00:48:17,682 --> 00:48:19,850 LMPD more aggressively pursued 926 00:48:19,850 --> 00:48:21,644 a drug case against Jamarcus Glover. 927 00:48:21,644 --> 00:48:23,271 NEWSCASTER: The lawsuit includes this home 928 00:48:23,271 --> 00:48:24,564 as well as this block. 929 00:48:24,564 --> 00:48:25,856 NEWSCASTER: Elliott Avenue 930 00:48:25,856 --> 00:48:27,567 in the heart of the Russell neighborhood. 931 00:48:30,778 --> 00:48:33,155 SAM: I look at this case like a 100‐piece puzzle. 932 00:48:33,155 --> 00:48:37,868 And it starts way back 933 00:48:37,868 --> 00:48:40,913 with a plan to knock down Elliott Avenue. 934 00:48:40,913 --> 00:48:42,498 That's puzzle piece number one. 935 00:48:42,498 --> 00:48:45,501 [dramatic music] 936 00:48:45,501 --> 00:48:51,465 ♪ ♪ 937 00:48:51,465 --> 00:48:53,259 PAUL: This‐‐this community 938 00:48:53,259 --> 00:48:55,052 is [indistinct] with extreme po‐‐poverty. 939 00:48:55,052 --> 00:48:57,221 We're having housing iss‐‐ uh, issues, 940 00:48:57,221 --> 00:48:59,807 and I was here to work and to be committed and dedicated 941 00:48:59,807 --> 00:49:01,392 to make sure that they had a better life. 942 00:49:01,392 --> 00:49:08,316 ♪ ♪ 943 00:49:08,316 --> 00:49:10,568 The people wanted to eliminate 944 00:49:10,568 --> 00:49:14,238 the, uh, drugs and the violence down on Elliott. 945 00:49:16,115 --> 00:49:18,117 We do work with, uh‐‐ with the, uh, 946 00:49:18,117 --> 00:49:19,452 police depart‐‐metro police. 947 00:49:19,452 --> 00:49:21,329 They give us‐‐they apprise us of what's going on 948 00:49:21,329 --> 00:49:23,164 in the neighborhood criminally. 949 00:49:23,164 --> 00:49:24,999 They let us know if‐‐ if we have concerns 950 00:49:24,999 --> 00:49:26,459 with this piece of property and we have concerns 951 00:49:26,459 --> 00:49:28,919 with that piece of property. 952 00:49:28,919 --> 00:49:31,255 SAM: The redevelopment plan started out as‐‐ 953 00:49:31,255 --> 00:49:33,799 as something that we needed to look into more. 954 00:49:35,301 --> 00:49:37,303 The Louisville Metro Police Department 955 00:49:37,303 --> 00:49:40,306 formed a dedicated, specific squad... 956 00:49:40,306 --> 00:49:42,767 NEWSCASTER: Called Place‐Based Investigations, 957 00:49:42,767 --> 00:49:44,560 tasked with clearing the street. 958 00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:46,228 [light tense music] 959 00:49:46,228 --> 00:49:50,232 SAM: They are targeting a few addresses on Elliott Avenue. 960 00:49:50,232 --> 00:49:51,984 ♪ ♪ 961 00:49:51,984 --> 00:49:55,446 There are six plainclothes officers 962 00:49:55,446 --> 00:49:57,156 constantly going through unmar‐‐ 963 00:49:57,156 --> 00:50:00,117 in the neighborhood in un‐‐unmarked vehicles. 964 00:50:00,117 --> 00:50:03,204 Warrants in December, warrant in January, 965 00:50:03,204 --> 00:50:05,665 warrant in February. 966 00:50:05,665 --> 00:50:08,834 We strongly suspect that at that point, 967 00:50:08,834 --> 00:50:10,503 aggressive law enforcement tactics 968 00:50:10,503 --> 00:50:13,214 were authorized, were encouraged 969 00:50:13,214 --> 00:50:15,091 in order to clean up Elliott Avenue. 970 00:50:16,717 --> 00:50:21,972 ‐ I was aware that there had been a focus on Elliott Avenue 971 00:50:21,972 --> 00:50:23,891 to help get it cleaned up. 972 00:50:23,891 --> 00:50:28,145 Was not aware that there was a place‐based 973 00:50:28,145 --> 00:50:31,023 investigative unit within the police department 974 00:50:31,023 --> 00:50:34,151 that had been assigned to do those duties. 975 00:50:35,403 --> 00:50:37,154 NEWSCASTER: And now eight metro council members 976 00:50:37,154 --> 00:50:39,156 have sent a letter to Mayor Greg Fischer 977 00:50:39,156 --> 00:50:41,826 asking for any and all documents regarding 978 00:50:41,826 --> 00:50:44,662 a special police unit called Place‐Based Investigations. 979 00:50:44,662 --> 00:50:47,832 ‐ We're just as anxious as everybody else to understand 980 00:50:47,832 --> 00:50:53,045 if anything, uh, related to the lawsuit is true or not. 981 00:50:53,045 --> 00:50:54,338 GREG: Elliott Avenue is part 982 00:50:54,338 --> 00:50:55,673 of a place‐based investigation. 983 00:50:55,673 --> 00:50:58,384 When you look around, obviously this is 984 00:50:58,384 --> 00:50:59,885 a neighborhood in need of some help. 985 00:50:59,885 --> 00:51:02,513 And this is where city government can work with 986 00:51:02,513 --> 00:51:05,349 good developers and other investors to make that happen. 987 00:51:06,183 --> 00:51:08,144 The people in West Louisville deserve good neighborhoods 988 00:51:08,144 --> 00:51:10,813 with good amenities like everybody else. 989 00:51:10,813 --> 00:51:14,775 So as it re‐‐relates to the allegations, 990 00:51:14,775 --> 00:51:16,652 immediate response was, they were absurd. 991 00:51:16,652 --> 00:51:18,070 They were outrageous. 992 00:51:18,070 --> 00:51:20,239 Uh, there was no basis in fact to them. 993 00:51:21,782 --> 00:51:24,660 [gentle music] 994 00:51:24,660 --> 00:51:28,247 CHARLES: Even if the facts determine that there wasn't 995 00:51:28,247 --> 00:51:30,458 the connection that's being, um, alleged, 996 00:51:30,458 --> 00:51:33,294 we still have a responsibility 997 00:51:33,294 --> 00:51:35,713 to acknowledge that areas are targeted 998 00:51:35,713 --> 00:51:38,007 and that the areas that are targeted 999 00:51:38,007 --> 00:51:40,050 tend to have high concentrations of people 1000 00:51:40,050 --> 00:51:42,428 that are criminalized because of poverty 1001 00:51:42,428 --> 00:51:46,766 and that we have to change our approach to development, 1002 00:51:46,766 --> 00:51:49,935 to engaging communities, to law enforcement. 1003 00:51:49,935 --> 00:51:53,689 ♪ ♪ 1004 00:51:53,689 --> 00:51:56,150 I think this is another part of Breonna's legacy 1005 00:51:56,150 --> 00:51:59,487 of forcing us to grapple with this stuff. 1006 00:51:59,487 --> 00:52:01,655 I feel like that is an opportunity 1007 00:52:01,655 --> 00:52:05,242 that we have to seize, uh, so that we can change things. 1008 00:52:05,242 --> 00:52:08,621 ♪ ♪ 1009 00:52:12,708 --> 00:52:15,711 [fireworks exploding] 1010 00:52:23,928 --> 00:52:26,263 [dramatic music] 1011 00:52:26,263 --> 00:52:30,100 TAMIKA: It's so hard to have faith in the system. 1012 00:52:30,100 --> 00:52:32,686 It's tiring. 1013 00:52:33,813 --> 00:52:35,189 DAVID: On March the 13th, 1014 00:52:35,189 --> 00:52:38,692 the war on drugs landed on Breonna Taylor. 1015 00:52:40,110 --> 00:52:44,573 If Breonna Taylor was actually involved in drug trafficking, 1016 00:52:44,573 --> 00:52:47,076 which we don't know if it's true or not, 1017 00:52:47,076 --> 00:52:48,577 but if she was, 1018 00:52:48,577 --> 00:52:53,249 would that be a reason that she could be killed? 1019 00:52:53,249 --> 00:52:56,710 My response to that is no. 1020 00:52:56,710 --> 00:52:58,254 ‐ [sighs] 1021 00:52:58,254 --> 00:53:01,632 ‐ She was an unarmed person in her home. 1022 00:53:01,632 --> 00:53:03,717 ‐ Black lives matter. 1023 00:53:03,717 --> 00:53:05,469 ALL: Black lives matter. 1024 00:53:05,469 --> 00:53:07,388 DAVID: I know people say all the time, 1025 00:53:07,388 --> 00:53:09,682 "Charge all three officers with murder." 1026 00:53:09,682 --> 00:53:13,644 But we don't know who actually shot Breonna Taylor. 1027 00:53:13,644 --> 00:53:15,813 The importance of ballistics 1028 00:53:15,813 --> 00:53:18,023 to the attorney general's investigation 1029 00:53:18,023 --> 00:53:21,360 and the FBI's investigation is critical. 1030 00:53:22,361 --> 00:53:24,154 THOMAS: My hope is that once 1031 00:53:24,154 --> 00:53:27,283 the Attorney General's Office finishes their review, 1032 00:53:27,283 --> 00:53:29,451 the FBI, the civil rights division 1033 00:53:29,451 --> 00:53:31,120 is reviewing this matter, 1034 00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:34,582 that we will have the answers that everybody deserves. 1035 00:53:34,582 --> 00:53:36,750 I don't wanna see this ever occur again. 1036 00:53:36,750 --> 00:53:38,669 [crowd shouting] 1037 00:53:38,669 --> 00:53:40,421 No amount of dope, 1038 00:53:40,421 --> 00:53:43,424 no amount of money is worth a human life. 1039 00:53:43,424 --> 00:53:46,719 I am deeply sorry that Ms. Breonna Taylor died. 1040 00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:50,139 I just don't feel that the no‐knocks really help us 1041 00:53:50,139 --> 00:53:54,143 move toward our goal of making this a safer community. 1042 00:53:54,143 --> 00:53:59,064 ‐ It is the right thing to do to pass the Breonna Taylor Law 1043 00:53:59,064 --> 00:54:01,692 tonight in Louisville, Kentucky, 1044 00:54:01,692 --> 00:54:05,154 and be the example for America to follow. 1045 00:54:06,322 --> 00:54:09,283 NEWSCASTER: The metro council voting unanimously to pass 1046 00:54:09,283 --> 00:54:13,704 Breonna's Law that will ban no‐knock search warrants. 1047 00:54:15,915 --> 00:54:18,500 ‐ There's nothing nobody could say to me to‐‐ 1048 00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:21,086 no apology would ever be big enough. 1049 00:54:21,086 --> 00:54:23,213 There's nothing. 1050 00:54:23,213 --> 00:54:25,507 Doesn't matter. Y'all were wrong. 1051 00:54:25,507 --> 00:54:27,801 She's gone. 1052 00:54:27,801 --> 00:54:30,638 My life is changed forever, no matter what. 1053 00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:33,766 Can never be undone. 1054 00:54:33,766 --> 00:54:36,769 [somber music] 1055 00:54:36,769 --> 00:54:40,773 ♪ ♪ 1056 00:54:40,773 --> 00:54:42,608 ACTIVISTS: Breonna Taylor! 1057 00:54:42,608 --> 00:54:44,401 ACTIVIST: How to you spell racist? 1058 00:54:44,401 --> 00:54:46,195 ACTIVISTS: L‐M‐P‐D! 1059 00:54:46,195 --> 00:54:48,030 ‐ We're at a moment now where we're waiting to see 1060 00:54:48,030 --> 00:54:49,907 what our attorney general is gonna do. 1061 00:54:49,907 --> 00:54:52,368 ACTIVISTS: You can't stop the revolution! 1062 00:54:52,368 --> 00:54:54,495 CHARLES: There seems to be a lack of 1063 00:54:54,495 --> 00:54:57,790 an adequate response from local leadership. 1064 00:54:57,790 --> 00:54:59,917 This investigation needs to conclude. 1065 00:54:59,917 --> 00:55:02,127 Justice needs to be rendered. 1066 00:55:02,127 --> 00:55:04,129 The question is, will that happen? 1067 00:55:04,129 --> 00:55:07,007 ♪ ♪ 1068 00:55:07,007 --> 00:55:08,967 [door creaks] 1069 00:55:10,886 --> 00:55:13,889 [melancholy music] 1070 00:55:13,889 --> 00:55:20,896 ♪ ♪ 1071 00:55:22,773 --> 00:55:25,734 ‐ 150 days. Five months. 1072 00:55:25,734 --> 00:55:29,655 Um... yeah. 1073 00:55:29,655 --> 00:55:32,241 Every day is still March the 13th. 1074 00:55:32,241 --> 00:55:34,076 Um... 1075 00:55:34,076 --> 00:55:36,912 He wants to have the right answer at the end of this, 1076 00:55:36,912 --> 00:55:39,289 so, for me, I'm trying to‐‐ 1077 00:55:39,289 --> 00:55:41,166 to accept that and be patient with that, 1078 00:55:41,166 --> 00:55:43,085 'cause I definitely want him to come out 1079 00:55:43,085 --> 00:55:44,378 with the right answer. 1080 00:55:44,378 --> 00:55:47,005 ♪ ♪ 1081 00:55:47,005 --> 00:55:50,217 We've needed police reform for so long. 1082 00:55:50,217 --> 00:55:52,136 It's long overdue. 1083 00:55:53,387 --> 00:55:55,639 But it's change that's definitely needed. 1084 00:55:57,099 --> 00:56:00,310 I know it happens to our communities 1085 00:56:00,310 --> 00:56:02,396 far more than any other. 1086 00:56:03,814 --> 00:56:06,692 I know that it's unacceptable. 1087 00:56:06,692 --> 00:56:12,614 ♪ ♪ 1088 00:56:12,614 --> 00:56:14,825 It has to stop. 1089 00:56:14,825 --> 00:56:21,832 ♪ ♪ 1090 00:56:33,177 --> 00:56:34,553 NEWSCASTER: For the first time in 20 years, 1091 00:56:34,553 --> 00:56:36,889 Oprah Winfrey will not be on the cover 1092 00:56:36,889 --> 00:56:38,891 of her monthly "O" magazine. 1093 00:56:38,891 --> 00:56:40,684 Instead, the media mogul is using 1094 00:56:40,684 --> 00:56:42,060 the September issue's cover 1095 00:56:42,060 --> 00:56:45,522 to pay tribute to Breonna Taylor. 1096 00:56:45,522 --> 00:56:52,488 ♪ ♪ 1097 00:56:55,115 --> 00:56:57,951 AL SHARPTON: Say her name! CROWD: Breonna Taylor! 1098 00:56:57,951 --> 00:57:00,120 ‐ Say her name! CROWD: Breonna Taylor! 1099 00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:01,497 ‐ Say her name! 1100 00:57:01,497 --> 00:57:04,166 ‐ I'm marching for George, 1101 00:57:04,166 --> 00:57:08,086 for Breonna, for Ahmaud, 1102 00:57:08,086 --> 00:57:11,548 for Jacob, for Pamela Turner, 1103 00:57:11,548 --> 00:57:14,760 for Michael Brown, Trayvon, 1104 00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:17,471 and anybody else who lost their lives. 1105 00:57:17,471 --> 00:57:19,932 [soft laughter] 1106 00:57:22,851 --> 00:57:25,854 [inquisitive music] 1107 00:57:25,854 --> 00:57:32,861 ♪ ♪