'It's not a race thing': Exclusive interview with officer wounded in Breonna Taylor case

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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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[johnp3907]

1. Yes it is.

Liar.

[Solomon]

2. Of course it's not a race thing. It never is.

[empedocles]

3. Read the article, and especially the newspaper reader comments

[Garion_55]

4. incompetence for the raid. race for the coverup.