Breaking: New Body-Cam Footage Raises Questions About Breonna Taylor Death Investigation https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gwyy/new-body-cam-footage-raises-questions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation

The footage, which has not previously been made public. It shows officers appearing to break multiple department policies and raises questions about the integrity not only of the crime scene but of the ensuing investigation into what happened that night

Footage shows not one of the seven officers who were present for the raid being immediately separated and paired with an escort, which is a violation of LMPD’s own policy

Multiple SWAT team members on the body camera footage seem to be made visibly uncomfortable by Hankison’s presence. One of them tells other officers sternly to clear him out [of the crime scene]

Campbell—who, according to LMPD, didn’t discharge his weapon but was present for the raid—not only lingers on scene, but helps interview neighbors. Campbell told even told investigators that

Cosgrove, who fired 16 rounds according to LMPD, is on scene carrying a rifle immediately following the incident. At no point does body camera footage show anyone separating him from the dozens of other officers who arrived to respond to the incident.

The failure to separate the involved officers isn’t just clearly documented in body camera footage—it’s also brought up in multiple interviews conducted by PIU in the aftermath of the incident, which are included in the investigative file that was compiled by LMPD

In his report, Sgt. Jason Vance wrote, "Investigators observed Detective Hankison walking in and out of the primary scene. At 0200 hours Sergeant Wilder and I verbally requested Hankison to remove himself from the primary scene and make contact with members of LMPD Peer Support”

On May 19, Lieutenant Dale Massey, who was the SWAT commander on scene, testified that he saw involved officers “still in the mix.” He specifically calls out Hankison and Cosgrove, both of whom fired their weapons that night.

Now-former LMPD police chief Steve Conrad, who was interviewed on March 18, told investigators he saw Hankison at the hospital after the incident, which he described as unusual

Footage from multiple responding officers’ body cameras also appears to corroborate several parts of Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker’s testimony, who says officers threatened to set a dog on him, and told him he’d spend the rest of his life in jail

The report also states that Hankison’s behavior violated policy: "Hankison deviated from the standard protocol when he traveled unattended to University of Louisville Hospital having contact with CID command and Police Chief Steve Conrad”