A Breonna Taylor grand juror has spoken out, claiming homicide charges against the cops were not offered.
The anonymous grand juror has claimed that the panel was not given a chance to consider homicide charges against the cops involved in the death of the 26-year-old EMT.
An attorney for the juror, Kevin Glogower, said in a statement: “The grand jury did not have homicide offenses explained to them.
“The grand jury never heard about those laws. Self-defense or justification was never explained either.”
The juror also added that only wanton endangerment charges against one of the Louisville police officers were presented by Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Brett Hankinson, one of the three cops involved, was indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment for shooting a neighbor’s house during the no-knock narcotics warrant on March 13.
Cameron said ‘the grand jury agreed’ that the cops who shot the 26-year-old were ‘justified’ in opening fire after Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, tried to shoot them.
The juror then challenged Cameron’s remarks and said: “The grand jury didn’t agree that certain actions were justified, nor did it decide the indictment should be the only charges in the Breonna Taylor case.”
The statement added: “Questions were asked about additional charges and the grand jury was told there would be none because the prosecutors didn’t feel they could make them stick.
“The grand jury was not given the opportunity to deliberate on those charges and deliberated only on what was presented to them. I can’t speak for other jurors but I can help the truth be told.”
Attorney Glowgower said that his client’s chief complaint was the way the results were “portrayed to the public as to who made what decisions and who agreed with what decisions.”
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