-I know that many in Louisville and across the Commonwealth
and country have been anxiously awaiting the completion
of our investigation into the death of Miss Breonna Taylor.
-The above named defendant, Brett Hankison,
committed the offense of wanton endangerment
in the first degree.
-After hearing the evidence from our team of prosecutors,
the grand jury voted to return an indictment
against Detective Hankison
for three counts of wanton endangerment
for wantonly placing the three individuals in Apartment 3
in danger of serious physical injury or death.
The charge of wanton endangerment in the first degree
is a Class D felony and, if found guilty,
the accused can serve up to five years for each count.
The use of force by Mattingly and Cosgrove
was justified to protect themselves.
This justification bars us from pursuing criminal charges
in Miss Breonna Taylor's death.
-[chanting] No peace!
-No justice! -No peace!
-As a attorney general who is responsible
for all 120 counties,
in terms of being the chief legal officer,
the chief law enforcement officer, I understand that.
I understand that as a Black man.
How painful this is.
Which is why it was so incredibly important
for make sure that we did everything
we possibly could to uncover every fact.
Obviously, again, the criminal law
is not meant to respond to every sorrow and grief,
and that is true here.
But my heart breaks for the loss of Miss Taylor.
Evidence shows that officers both knocked
and announced their presence at the apartment.
The officers' statements about their announcement
are corroborated by an independent witness
who was near in proximity to Apartment 4.
In other words, the warrant was not served
as a no-knock warrant.
Sergeant Mattingly saw the man's gun fire,
heard a boom, and immediately knew he was shot,
as a result of feeling heat in his upper thigh.
My job is to present the facts to the grand jury,
and the grand jury then applies those facts to the law.
If we simply act on emotion or outrage, there is no justice.
Mob justice is not justice.
Justice sought by violence is not justice.
-In the announcement, he described the investigation.
But he talked about information, facts, evidence,
that neither I nor the general public have seen.
I believe that the public deserves this information.
-A woman, Black woman, was killed in her home
by the agency paid for to protect and serve her.
That's wrong.
There is no justifying that.
And it does call on us to change laws, to lift up Breonna's Law,
but to do so much more in accountability
and reimagining public safety, in a true sense,
which is not simply more and more law enforcement
being called on to be everything public safety.
We have to do that work, if we really want to honor
Breonna.