THE PRAYERS OF
NOT ONLY PEOPLE %
HERE IN KENOSHA. %
BUT ALL ACROSS %
THE COUNTRY. %
>>> 5 1/2 MONTHS
AFTER POLICE %
SHOT AND KILLED
BREONNA TAYLOR, %
DURING A NO-%
KNOCK WARRANT AT %
HER HOME. %
HER FAMILY IS %
STILL PLEADING %
FOR CRIMINAL %
CHARGES AGAINST %
THE POLICE %
OFFICER AGAINST %
HER.
BUT WE ARE
LEARNING HOW %
PROSECUTORS
INCLUDED %
BREONNA’S NAME %
IN HER EX-%
BOYFRIEND’S PLEA %
DEAL THIS %
SUMMER. %
THE ATTORNEY FOR
JIM MARCUS %
GLOVER, HER EX,
SAID HE WAS %
OFFERED A DEAL, %
IF HE WAS %
WILLING TO
IMPLICATE HER IN %
A, QUOTE, %
SYNDICATED %
CRIME.
DANNY, THIS IS A %
LOT TO BREAK %
DOWN.
WALK US THROUGH
THIS. %
THE LAWYER ALSO %
SAID IMPLICATING %
BREONNA WAS PART %
OF THE INITIAL %
PLEA DEAL. %
BUT HER NAME
WASN’T PART OF %
LATER DRAFTS. %
CAN YOU EXPLAIN
HOW THIS ALL %
WORK. %
>> AND WHY %
DIDN’T THEY WANT %
BREONNA TAYLOR %
ON THE LIST %
AFTER SHE HAD
BEEN KILLED BY %
POLICE? %
>> IT’S TRUE
THIS IS A TACTIC %
PROSECUTORS WILL %
SOMETIMES USE TO
AVOID CIVIL
LIABILITY ON THE %
LAWSUIT LATER. %
IF THEY HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE %
SMFS WAS WRONGLY %
ARRESTED OR %
KILLED BY %
POLICE, THEY %
WILL DO ANYTHING %
THEY CAN TO GET %
SOMETHING ON THE %
RECORD FROM A %
DEFENDANT OR
SOME WITNESS %
LIKE THIS TO SAY
THAT OH, THERE %
IS SOME EVIDENCE %
OF CRIMINALITY.
BECAUSE ANY %
EVIDENCE OF %
CRIMINALITY GETS
POLICE ONE STEP %
CLOSER TO %
POTENTIAL %
IMMUNITY TO %
CIVIL LAWSUIT. %
AND THAT IS %
SOMETHING THAT %
HAPPENS FAIRLY %
OFTEN.
HAVING %
DEFENDANTS PLEAD
TO A LESSER %
CHARGE, WHEN THE %
PROSECUTION %
PROBABLY %
SHOULDN’T HAVE %
BROUGHT THE CASE %
IN THE FIRST %
PLACE.
>> NOW, DANNY, %
HOW COMMON IS IT %
FOR A PLEA DEAL %
TO HAVE A %
CONDITION LIKE %
THIS? %
AND WHAT SORT OF %
PRESSURE DOES IT %
PUT ON A %
DEFENDANT?
>> SOMETIMES %
PLEA DEALS DO %
INCLUDE A %
COOPERATION %
AGREEMENT. %
IN OTHER WORDS, %
THE DEFENDANT IS %
AGREEING TO
SNITCH ON HIS %
FRIENDS OR %
COCONSPIRATORS
OR WHATEVER THE %
CASE MAY BE. %
PROSECUTORS WILL %
SAY THEY HAVE TO %
TELL THE TRUTH, %
THE WHOLE TRUTH,
AND NOTHING BUT %
THE TRUTH THE. %
BUT THERE ARE %
OFTEN CONDITIONS %
ON PLEA DEALS. %
THIS IS SLIGHTLY
UNUSUAL. %
BECAUSE YOU’RE %
NOT USUALLY %
IMPLICATING
SOMEONE WHO IS %
ALREADY DEAD. %
BECAUSE DEAD
PEOPLE CANNOT BE %
PROSECUTED. %
IN THIS CASE, IF %
THAT’S WHAT %
POLICE ARE %
DOING, IF THAT’S %
WHAT PROSECUTORS
ARE DOING, IT %
SEEMS LIKE IT
WOULD BE PRETTY %
OBVIOUSLY TO
AVOID THE CIVIL %
LIABILITY, BY %
PAINTING TAYLOR %
AS INVOLVED IN %
SOME %
CRIMINALITY, AND %
GETTING SOMEONE %
ON THE RECORD, %
SAYING THAT SHE %
WAS.
>> NOW, LET’S
TALK ABOUT %
KENNETH WALKER’S %
CIVIL CASE. %
HE’S SUING THE
CITY. %
AND THE KILLING
OF BREONNA %
TAYLOR. %
TELL US ABOUT %
THAT. %
>> IT’S REALLY %
AN INTERESTING %
CASE. %
IT’S A %
TRADITIONAL %
ASSAULT AND %
BATTERY CASE ON %
THE ONE HAND. %
EVEN THOUGH HE
WASN’T AS %
GRIEVOUSLY
WOUNDED,
MORTALLY WOUNDED %
LIKE HIS %
GIRLFRIEND. %
KENNETH WALKER %
WAS THE SUBJECT %
OF THAT KNOCK %
AND ANNOUNCE %
WARRANT. %
HE SAID THERE
WAS NO %
ANNOUNCEMENT. %
BUT ALSO HE’S
BRING DECLAR %
TORY JUDGMENT. %
HE IS SAYING %
KENNETH WALKER %
WAS COVERED BY
STAND YOUR %
GROUND. %
THAT MEANS HE’S
IMMUNE FROM %
PROSECUTION. %
EVEN THOUGH THE %
PROSECUTOR
HASDISMISSED THE
CASE FOR NOW. %
HE’S DISMISSED %
IT WITHOUT %
PREJUDICE. %
THAT MEANS THEY %
COULD BRING IT %
THEORETICALLY %
AGAIN, IF THE %
CASE DETERMINES %
SOME LEVEL OF %
CRIMINALITY. %
KEVIN WALKER IS
NOT JUST LOOKING %
FOR MONEY BUT %
UNEQUIVOCALLY, %
HE HAS IMMUNITY %
FROM PROSECUTION
BECAUSE OF %
KENTUCKY’S STAND-%
YOUR-GROUND LAW. %
>> WE GOT TO %
HEAR FROM HIM %
YESTERDAY. %
LET’S TAKE A
LISTEN. %
>> ALL OF A %
SUDDEN, SOMEONE %
STARTED BEATING %
ON THE DOOR.
THEY REFUSED TO %
ANSWER WHEN WE %
YELLED "WHO IS %
IT?"
15 MINUTES %
LATER, BREONNA
WAS DEAD FROM A %
HAIL OF POLICE %
GUNFIRE AND I
WAS IN POLICE %
CUSTODY. %
THE POLICE
ARRESTED AND %
CHARGED ME WITH
MURDER OF A %
POLICE OFFICER. %
I WAS RAISED BY
A GOOD FAMILY, %
AND I WOULD
NEVER KNOWINGLY %
SHOOT A POLICE %
OFFICER. %
BREONNA AND I
DID NOT KNOW WHO %
WAS BANGING ON %
THE DOOR. %
BUT THE POLICE
KNOW WHAT THEY %
DID. %
>> DANNY, YOU %
JUST BROKE THIS %
DOWN A LITTLE %
BIT FOR US.
LET’S TALK ABOUT
THE CASE HE’S %
MAKING. %
>> YOU HEAR %
KENNETH WALKER %
SAYING, THE
POLICE KNOW WHAT %
THEY DID. %
HE IN HIS CIVIL %
CASE, HE HAS TO %
DEMONSTRATE THAT %
THE POLICE KNEW
THEY WERE DOING
SOMETHING WRONG. %
NOTE JUST THAT %
THEY MADE A %
MISTAKE. %
BECAUSE IF THEY %
MADE IT IN GOOD %
FAITH, HE HAS TO
SHOW SOMETHING %
DELIBERATE AND %
THAT THEY KNEW %
IT WAS WRONG %
WHEN THEY DID %
IT. %
IT’S A VERY,
VERY HIGH BAR TO %
HOLD POLICE
RESPONSIBLE. %
MUCH HIGHER THAN %
HOLDING THE %
PUBLIC %
RESPONSIBLE WHEN %
THEY DO
SOMETHING WRONG %
AND INJURE %
SOMETHING. %
AND THAT IS %
CLEARLY THE %
MISSION HERE. %
YOU CAN HEAR IT
IN KENNETH %
WALKER. %
HE KNOWS, I’M %
SURE, IT’S A %
HIGH BAR TO
CLEAR. %
AND HE AND HIS %
LAWYERS ARE %
GOING TO TRY TO %
MAKE THAT. %
>>> DANIEL %
CAMERON IS %
OVERSEEING THE %
BREONNA TAYLOR %
CASE. %
HE SPOKE OVER %
THE WEEKEND. %
LET’S NOW LISTEN
TO THAT. %
>> WE ARE %
LOOKING UNDER
EVERY STONE, %
LEAVING NO STONE %
UNTURNED AS IT %
RELATES TO THIS %
INVESTIGATION. %
AGAIN, A
THOROUGH AND
FAIR %
INVESTIGATION IS %
DESERVED BY ALL. %
WE ALSO HAVE THE %
STRENGTH OF THE
RELATIONSHIPS %
WITH THE FBI TO
RECEIVE THIS %
BALLISTICS %
REPORT AND %
INFORMATION THAT %
CAN BE CRITICAL %
TO OUR ANALYSIS.
>> SO WHAT
EXACTLY COULD %
THAT BALLISTICS %
REPORT REVEAL?
>> THE
BALLISTICS ARE %
KEY IN THIS %
CASE.
WALKER’S TEAM %
HAD INDICATED %
THAT HIS BULLET, %
THE ONE THAT HE
FIRED, DOESN’T %
HAVE ANY %
EVIDENCE OF
BLOOD ON T. %
THAT’S PRETTY %
IMPORTANT. %
BECAUSE IF THE
POLICE ARE %
ALLEGING THAT
SERGEANT %
MATTINGLY WAS %
ACTUALLY HIT BY %
WALKER’S BULLET,
THAT STRENGTHENS %
THEIR CASE FOR %
USE OF FORCE. %
BUT BE ADVISED. %
POLICE DON’T %
HAVE TO BE HIT %
WITH A BULLET IN %
ORDER TO USE %
DEADLY FORCE. %
IN A CASE WHERE %
A DEFENDANT IS %
SHOOTING INTO %
THE AIR, THAT %
COULD POSSIBLY
CREATE A %
REASONABLE FEAR %
OF DEADLY FORCE %
BY THE POLICE, %
WARRANTING THEIR %
OWN DEADLY %
FORCE.
BUT IF IT’S THE %
CASE, IF IT %
COMES OUT THAT
THE POLICE WERE %
WRONG ABOUT THE
BULLETS, %
STRIKING %
SERGEANT %
MATTINGLY. %
IF IT TURNS OUT
THE POLICE MAY %
HAVE EVEN SHOT
SERGEANT %
MATTINGLY %
ACCIDENTALLY IN %
A FIRE
SITUATION. %
THEN BOTH
LEGALLY AND %
TERMS OF PUBLIC %
IMAGE OF THE %
CASE, IT WILL %
NOT LOOK GOOD %
FOR THE POLICE.
>> ALL RIGHT, %
DANNY. %
THANK YOU FOR %
BREAKING THAT %
DOWN. %