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Officer in Breonna Taylor case fights move to fire him
Read full article: Officer in Breonna Taylor case fights move to fire himFILE - This undated file photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. (Courtesy of Taylor Family attorney Sam Aguiar via AP, File)LOUISVILLE, Ky. – At least one Kentucky police officer connected to the fatal shooting of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, is fighting a police move to terminate his employment. Cosgrove failed to “properly identify a target” when he fired rounds into Taylor’s apartment, killing her, according to a copy of his pretermination letter obtained by The Courier Journal. Officers were serving a narcotics warrant on March 13 when they shot Taylor, but no drugs or cash were found in her home. The two officers who shot Taylor, according to ballistics evidence, were not charged by the grand jury, based on a presentation of the case by the office of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Officers connected to Taylor's death could face dismissal
Read full article: Officers connected to Taylor's death could face dismissalFILE - This undated file photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. “Jaynes did nothing wrong.”Jaynes was not present during the shooting at Taylor’s apartment in Louisville. In Jaynes’ pretermination letter, Gentry said, the officer committed “extreme violations of our policies, which endangered others.”“Your actions have brought discredit upon yourself and the department,” she wrote. The two officers who shot Taylor, according to ballistics evidence, were not charged by the grand jury. One of those officers was shot by Taylor’s boyfriend during the raid and returned fire.
Michigan Humane Society investigating suspected cockfighting in southwest Detroit
Read full article: Michigan Humane Society investigating suspected cockfighting in southwest DetroitDETROIT We are here today investigating what we believe is suspected cockfighting, said Elise Ramsey of the Michigan Humane Society. The MHS and Detroit police served a search warrant at a home on Thaddius in southwest Detroit after they got a tip. The home is suspected of cockfighting breeding and being a training center. Police say about 80 birds were recovered with some already dead. It is an extremely brutal gruesome torturing sport, said Ramsey.