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'It's not a race thing': Exclusive interview with officer wounded in Breonna Taylor case
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/10/20/exclusive-interview-louisville-officer-mattingly-bthe-onreonna-taylor-case/3711924001/It's not a race thing': Exclusive interview with officer wounded in Breonna Taylor case
Darcy Costello
Tessa Duvall
Louisville Courier Journal
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, speaking publicly for the first time since the fatal Louisville police shooting of Breonna Taylor, stressed Tuesday her death had "nothing to do with race."
In an exclusive interview with ABC News/The Courier Journal, the sergeant at the center of the controversial March 13 shooting said the public anger, protests and vitriol surrounding the case could have been mitigated had Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer's office and police officials more quickly corrected misinformation.
Instead, they were silent, Mattingly said.
"It's been excruciating," he said. "When you have the truth right there in your hands and everything else is getting crammed around you, it's frustrating."
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