A trial for the lone Kentucky police officer criminally charged in connection with the no-knock raid that culminated in the death of Breonna Taylor kicked off on Wednesday, nearly two years after the botched narcotics operation unfolded.
Taylor, a Black EMT was asleep in bed with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, on March 13, 2020, when three undercover Louisville officers — Brett Hankison, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove — burst into her home at around 12:40 a.m. Walker fired off a warning shot, unaware the men he thought to be intruders were law enforcement officers.
Police returned fire, striking Taylor six times. She was pronounced dead on the scene.
