Sheriff’s Office in Rural Kentucky Hires Detective Who Killed Breonna Taylor
CARROLLTON, Ky. — The former police detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a chaotic raid on her apartment in Louisville, Ky., has been hired by a small county sheriff’s office in the state, prompting protests from people who remain outraged that he was never charged in her death.
Myles Cosgrove, one of two officers who shot Ms. Taylor in March 2020, was hired in recent days by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, according to the county executive, David Wilhoite. Carroll County is about an hour’s drive northeast of Louisville.
Mr. Cosgrove, who is white, was fired by the Louisville Police Department in the aftermath of the nighttime raid, which prompted a wave of protests across the country in the spring and summer of 2020. An F.B.I. report found that he had fired the shot that killed Ms. Taylor, a Black 26-year-old emergency room technician who had hoped to become a nurse.
Image Myles Cosgrove was fired by the Louisville Police after the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. Credit... Louisville Metropolitan Police Department
About two dozen demonstrators protested the hiring outside the Caroll County courthouse on Monday, including Morgan Zeyak, who said she feared that the department had hired a “trigger-happy” officer.
Source: The New York Times
