Two Louisville police officers whose shots struck and killed Breonna Taylor never should have fired their weapons, a department investigator found — a conclusion that the force’s upper brass partly rejected.
Although the officers had a right to protect themselves when Taylor’s boyfriend fired at them, the “circumstances made it unsafe to take a single shot” in response, Sgt. Andrew Meyer wrote in a Dec. 4 memo summarizing his investigation.
Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were in darkness at the far end of her apartment’s hallway when the officers broke down the door. Both were wearing all black. Walker moved quickly to hide from the bullets, while Taylor froze in place. Continue reading.