There's photographic evidence from multiple sources that the officers in question were not in uniform, and instead were in plain clothes with "Police" vests (with body cams, which the department said on the record were NOT present during the raid).
But there are a lot of things that don't make sense. Why did Kenneth Walker, Taylor's boyfriend, fire at someone who had (allegedly) clearly announced themselves as police? How did Walker have enough time to get up, arm himself and then move to the hallway to fire at the officer breaking down the front door? He heard the knocking but...not the officers announcing they were police? Also, Walker said Taylor was awake at that point and in the hallway (not shot in bed as social media would have us believe) -- so BOTH residents heard the knocking and responded but somehow missed the officers announcing themselves as police? Does that seem likely?
And Walker wasn't on drugs or intoxicated. He was legally armed. There was no contraband in the apartment, no drugs, nothing to hide. So what's the argument? A single neighbor heard "Police!" but Walker, and no one else in the vicinity, did? Walker just recklessly fired at someone even though he and Taylor both heard them announce themselves as police?
Okay, maybe it's possible.... But then consider other factors. Why were the officers raiding the house at night when they had alread located the primary suspect in the investigation, Taylor's ex-boyfriend, at a another location that was about to be raided (and depending on what you believe, Louisville PD had already arrested him)? Why did the police drop the charges against Walker for shooting the officer? Why did Walker, on a 911 call after the shooting, tell emergency services that someone broke into his house and shot his girlfriend if he knew it was the police? Why did the officers send away the ambulance that was on standy for the raid before the entered the house? Why did they call the ambulance back after the raid to administer first-aid to the officer that was shot, but Taylor didn't receive medical treatment for another 20 minutes? Why does the official police log of the incident contain multiple errors? Why did the Louisville PD Chief say none of the officers were wearing body cams when photograph evidence contradicts that statement? And why, when the Louisville Courier-Journal made a FIO request to the department for any body camera footage of the incident, the department responded by saying such records "make up intelligence and investigative reports being utilized in the criminal investigation" of the incident, and NOT that no such footage exists?
Again, there may be reasonable explanations for ALL of these questions. But given the speed with which the city settled the wrongful death lawsuit, and the fact that no grand jury investigation examined the events in regard to Taylor and Walker, and the department and AG have declined to share much information about the investigation...I don't think it's very likely.
The images provide a closer look at the Springfield Drive apartment, as well as a visualization of where shooting officers were located.
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