While the officers involved in George Floyd’s death are all charged with second-degree murder, the officers who shot Breonna Taylor, a Kentucky EMT worker, in her own home have not been charged.
On her website, the Houston singer posted a letter she wrote to the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron asking for the three officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD), Johnathan Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove, and Brett Hankison, to be criminally charged with killing Taylor.
The LMPD officers claim they announced themselves before forcing their way into Ms. Taylor’s apartment- but her boyfriend was with her, as well as several neighbors, all say this is untrue.”
Sgt. Johnathan Mattingly, Officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison must be held accountable for their actions.”
They include “bringing criminal charges against Johnathan Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove, and Brett Hankison, commit to transparency in the investigation and prosecution of these officers’ criminal conduct” and “investigate the LMPD’s response to Breonna Taylor murder, as well the pervasive practices that result in the repeated deaths of unarmed Black citizens.”
