New: LMPD Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly filed counter claims against Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker for battery, assault, and intentional emotional distress. He and his lawyer seem to be swinging for the fences here. They want punishment for Walker and money for damages
Here's the battery claim. It says Walker shot Mattingly "willingly or maliciously," and that Mattingly is entitled to compensatory damages and punitive damages
Here's the assault claim
And here's the intentional emotional distress claim
In response Walker's lawyer Steve Romines said Walker is "immune from both criminal prosecution and civil liability as he was acting in self defense in his own home. Even the most basic understanding of Kentucky’s Stand Your Ground law and the Castle Doctrine evidences this fact"
Romines' response, continued: "One would think that breaking into the apartment, executing his girlfriend and framing him for a crime in an effort to cover up her murder would be enough for them. Yet this baseless attempt to further victimize and harass Kenny shows otherwise."
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