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15 hours of newly-released audio from the Breonna Taylor case reveal chaotic, conflicting accounts from people on either side of her apartment door — the one officers knocked off its hinges in March before killing her.
In today's @nytimes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
In today's @nytimes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
Some of the main revelations:
• Officer who FBI says fired fatal shot: "It’s like a surreal thing. If you told me I didn’t do something at that time, I’d believe you. If you told me I did do something, I’d probably believe you, too." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
• Officer who FBI says fired fatal shot: "It’s like a surreal thing. If you told me I didn’t do something at that time, I’d believe you. If you told me I did do something, I’d probably believe you, too." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
• The only officer who has been charged (with endangering Breonna's neighbors) said he thought he saw someone inside armed with an AR-15. No such weapon was found.
He also said he had expected one unarmed woman w/ no criminal record to be home alone. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
He also said he had expected one unarmed woman w/ no criminal record to be home alone. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
Breonna Taylor's boyfriend said he was "scared to death" when he and Breonna asked who was at door and heard nothing (cops say they announced).
When officers burst through the door, he fired his gun once before seeing who was even there, he said. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
When officers burst through the door, he fired his gun once before seeing who was even there, he said. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
One last interesting thing on the new Breonna Taylor tapes was how engaged the 12 grand jurors who examined the case were.
They peppered detectives with questions, pointed out contradictions, and made it clear they cared about finding the truth. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
They peppered detectives with questions, pointed out contradictions, and made it clear they cared about finding the truth. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
Another major piece of this is what's NOT on the tapes:
• The Kentucky attorney general said prosecutors' statements and jurors' deliberations "were not recorded, as they are not evidence." But it leaves a big question about what jurors were told. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
• The Kentucky attorney general said prosecutors' statements and jurors' deliberations "were not recorded, as they are not evidence." But it leaves a big question about what jurors were told. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html
