>>> DUNK TO A DISTURBING NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN THIS INFAMOUS
CASE, THE POLICE SHOOTING OF
BREONNA TAYLOR TO DEATH.
AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN YOU
UNDERSTAND FIRE FOR THE SHOOTING
BASICALLY THE SITUATION,
SHOOTING AN INNOCENT WOMAN IN
HER OWN HOME AND THERE HAVE BEEN
NO ARRESTS.
WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS A
NEW TWIST IN A CASE I TOLD YOU
FROM THE START THAT WE WOULD
STAY ON.
REPORTS THAT PROSECUTORS WERE
OFFERING MISS TAYLOR’S
EX-BOYFRIEND A PLEA DEAL IF HE
WOULD COMMIT TO CLAIMING THAT
SHE WAS SOME KIND OF CRIMINAL.
THE EX-BOYFRIEND WAS ALREADY
INCARCERATED ON A DRUG CHARGE.
THE "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING
THAT AUTHORITIES TOLD HIM IF HE
SAID TAYLOR PARTICIPATED IN HIS
ORGANIZED CRIME SINGLED CAT,
CO-SEE A TEN-YEAR PRISON SENATE
INTELLIGENCE TURNING INTO
PROBATION.
THEY WERE HANGING A DECADE OF
PRISON OVER THIS PERSON’S HEAD,
ALLEGEDLY, JUST TO GO AFTER MISS
TAYLOR AFTER HER DEATH.
LET’S BE CLEAR.
IF OFFER CAME FIVE MONTHS AFTER
POLICE KILLED HER.
THE FAMILY SAID IT SHOWS THE
AUTHORITIES WERE MORE FOCUSED ON
SETTING HER UP AND SMEARING HER
AFTER DEATH THAN MAKING THE
ARREST IN THE POLICE KILLING.
AUTHORITIES ARE DENYING ANY TIME
OF SET-UP.
THEY SAY THIS WAS A DRAFT
OFFERED AS PART OF TYPICAL,
QUOTE, PRE INDICTMENT PLEA
NEGOTIATIONS.
A MEMBER OF THE LEGAL TEAM CALLS
THIS ENTIRE ESCAPADE, QUOTE, BS,
AND SAYS SHAME ON THAT OFFICE
TRYING TO ATTACK A WOMAN WHEN
SHE’S NOT EVEN HERE TO DEFEND
HERSELF.
JOINING US NOW, IN A SPECIAL
SEGMENT, A MEMBER OF THE LEGAL TEAM FOR THE TAYLOR FAMILY.
TEAM FOR THE TAYLOR FAMILY.
WE’RE ALSO JOINED BY MARK, AN
EXPERT ON POLICING AND CIVIL
RIGHTS.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.
WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS STORY.
THIS IS QUITE A TWIST.
IN YOUR VIEW, WHAT DOES THIS
REVEAL ABOUT THE AUTHORITIES’
APPROACH TO THIS CASE?
>> THIS IS SHAMEFUL THE
COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
WOULD STOOP TO THIS LEVEL AND
WORKING WITH POLICE.
I AM A FORMER PROSECUTOR.
THE TERM CO-DEFENDANT IS VERY
SPECIFIC.
SOMEONE WHO IS CHARGED IN A
PLEADING.
BREONNA TAYLOR WAS NEVER NAMED
IN ANY OFFENSES.
TO NAME HER IN A PLEA
NEGOTIATION IS RECOMMEND
REHENCIBLE AND THEY SHOULD BE
ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES TO TRY TO
SMEAR HER NAME AFTER HER DEATH.
>> TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE PROCESS
HERE, SHE WOULD BE THE ALLEGED
VICTIM IF THERE WERE CHARGES IN
THE SHOOTING CASE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER EVIDENCE, AS
A JOURNALIST, I HAVE TO ASK THIS
SO WE’RE CLEAR, THAT SUGGESTS
THEY HAD A LEAD ABOUT HER BEING
SOMEHOW INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY THAT NIGHT THAT MIGHT
BE GERMANE OR DO YOU VIEW THIS
AS THE AUTHORITIES TRYING ON
COVER THEMSELVES AND SMEAR HER
TO SORT OF JUSTIFY THE SHOOTING
IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION?
>> IT’S DEFINITELY A CHANCE OF
THE AUTHORITIES TO SMEAR HER
NAME.
WE’RE UNDER A PROTECTIVE ORDER
SO SOME THINGS THAT WE’RE NOT
ABLE TO TALK ABOUT.
ONCE THE PUBLIC SEES WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN, THEY WILL KNOW THIS
IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SMEAR
ATTEMPT.
WE’VE SEEN THIS TIME AND TIME
AGAIN IN POLICE INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS WHERE THEY GO BACK AND
SMEAR THE VICTIM.
THERE IS NOTHING INDICATES SHE
WAS INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY.
SO MUCH SO THAT HE REJECTED THE
PLEA DEAL WHICH WOULD HAVE
OFFERED HIM A MINIMAL SENTENCE
IF HE WOULD SIGN THE PAYMENT
WORK.
HE SAID NO.
THIS PLEA DEAL WAS MADE
AVAILABLE TO HIM IN JULY.
HE REJECTED IT IN JULY.
HE STILL REJECTED IT AND HE HAS
MADE IT CLEAR, HE WILL NOT SIGN
ANYTHING IMPLICATING MISS TAYLOR
BECAUSE IT IS SIMPLY UNTRUE.
HE WON’T LIE JUST TO GET A
FAVORABLE DEAL.
>> AND ON THAT, VIEWERS ARE
FAMILIAR WITH, WE’VE COVERED ALL
KINDS OF CASES, INCLUDING THE
MUELLER PROBE WHERE PEOPLE MAKE
DEALS.
THEY TRADE ON INFORMATION.
MISS TAYLOR IS GONE AND DEAD.
JUST TO PUT A POINT ON IT,
YOU’RE SAYING THIS OTHER
INDIVIDUAL, WHATEVER HIS
SITUATION MAY BE, IS RISKING
YEARS IN PRISON RATHER THAN DO
WHAT HE SAYS WOULD BE SAYING
SOMETHING FALSE ABOUT HER.
>> CORRECT.
HE HAS SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN
THAT HE REFUSES TO IMPLICATE HER
EVEN IF IT MEANS HE’S FACING
MORE TIME WHICH HE WOULD BE, IF
HE DOES NOT COME TO A PLEA
NEGOTIATION WITH THE OFFICERS.
I WANTED TO GO BACK A LITTLE
BIT.
THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY SAID
THIS WAS JUST A DRAFT.
IT WAS A DRAFT PRESENTED TO THE
DEFENDANT.
OF COURSE IT IS NOT A PART OF
THE RECORD BECAUSE HE DIDN’T
ACCEPT IT.
BUT HE’S THE ONE WHO CAME
FORWARD WITH THIS PLEA DEAL SO
IT WAS TENDSERED TO HIM.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR LITTLE
DISTINCTION WHICH IS HELPING US
UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS VERY REAL.
IN MAY.
MARK, YOU’VE BEEN WITH US ON AT
LOVE STORIES.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
GIVE US YOUR BIG PICTURE.
>> IT’S INTERESTING.
THE REPORTS COMING OUTLAY WASTE
TO THE IDEA, WHAT IS TAKING SO
LONG WITH THIS PROSECUTORIAL
DECISION IN REGARD TO BREONNA
TAYLOR IS THAT THERE IS A TIME
OF INVESTIGATION GOING ON.
AND I THINK OFTENTIMES, PEOPLE
HAVE THE IMPRESSION, WHEN YOU
HEAR THAT, MAGNIFYING GLASSES,
BUG LARVAE, ET CETERA.
THEY’VE ALREADY SENT IT TO THE
LAB, VIDEO EVIDENCE, WITNESS
EVIDENCE.
WHAT THEY’RE ACTUALLY DOING IS
SITTING AROUND CONFERENCE TABLES
OR WORKING POWER POINT
PRESENTATIONS, FIGURING OUT HOW
TO CONTROL THE NARRATIVE IN A
WAY THAT EITHER ABSOLVES THE
POLICE OR MINIMIZES GOVERNMENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> SO I WANT TO BE CHEERLEAR.
IN YOUR CAPACITY AS AN
INDEPENDENT EXPERT WITH THE 30
SECONDS I HAVE, DO YOU VIEW THIS
THEN AS ADDING INSULT TO INJURY
AND TRYING TO SMEAR THE LIFE OF
THIS WOMAN WHO IS, BEING PLAIN,
IS A DEAD BLACK WOMAN IN AMERICA
BECAUSE POLICE CAME INTO HER
HOME AND SHOT HER TO DEATH?