The odds are on a new trial for Brett
Hankison Justice, Post 3 - What is going on ‘under the coverage’?
We’re waiting to learn whether Judge Jennings will rule in favor of a new trial for Brett. At this writing, the Defense and Prosecution are submitting briefs for and against the request. This time next week the Defense will post responses to the USA’s objections.
Meanwhile, a Consent Decree (CD) is in force for Louisville Metro, announced on December 12. The word on the street is that the LMPD sent a version of a CD to the DOJ, not thinking it would be accepted, but it was, and they are disappointed.
Screenshot from WLKY.com
Perhaps the motion for a new trial for Brett, filed November 15, alarmed the DOJ that their ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ has been officially cited. Time to seal the deal!
In numerous posts on this Faszone Substack blog, readers have been reminded of the close association between Brett’s case and the false narrative surrounding Breonna Taylor’s death.
Even the Courier-Journal article that reported Brett’s guilty verdict, again repeated the official narrative: “The officers, who say they knocked and announced themselves several times before their forcible entry, had been attempting to serve a search warrant.”
They “say they knocked and announced”— but did they really? How can we trust them?
In contrast, the Kenneth Walker narrative, exposed as false in the Motion for the new trial, has been continuously upheld by the media:
he did not hear the officers announce themselves
legally owned his handgun
only shot one time
shot (“aimed low” -KW [ed]) just to scare off intruders
Was any of this true? It’s true that KW shot low, yet shooting low when he could see the police in the lighted apartment building entry, was cruel and malicious. Shooting at the loin area is even forbidden for police and military.
A narrow focus
On October 14, one day before the start of the retrial, the DOJ prosecutors asked Judge Jennings to drop KW from the lawsuit, as ‘surplusage’ irrelevance. The Defense had — half of a day?— to rethink their arguments.
Dropping KW from Count 1 resulted in confusion for the jury, since questioning and testimonies referred to him, yet in some remarks were expressly forbidden. In the end, the jury asked if Breonna was known to be alive at the time that Brett shot through the window (toward where he perceived danger, illumined by muzzle flashes). She was the only one who might have been a target after KW was removed from Count 1.
It was imperative to believe she was alive then.
Making Brett an example of one who may now face life in prison is a warning to all officers. They better not use their best judgment based on what they perceive at the time, and their experience and training. Imagine the lengthy instructions in the 248-page Decree, stating what is right for them to do.
Here are the seven posts of The LMPD Consent Decree Series that was published on this blog in 2023. An excerpt from the final post is included.
More crime and heavy expense come with the Consent Decree territory
Will Louisville join the ranks of Consent Decree cities?
Found! Qualified speaker on Louisville Metro Consent Decree
The Ghost of Law-loss Past points you to the Welcoming City
It’s Time for the Church to Sound the Alarm! Excerpt:
In the 20th century more people died at the hands of their own atheist-socialist-Marxist government than died in all the wars in all the history of mankind… Millions of people were murdered by their own government simply because they would not accept the idea that everything they produced should be surrendered to the state.
…A 2022 Tucker Carlson interview with Jeff Landry (now Louisiana’s Governor) exposes New Orleans as the U.S. city with the highest per capita murder rate. Landry blames this on its Consent Decree.
He states in the video: “Right now in America, the three cities with the highest homicide rate are all under federal consent decrees. The federal consent decrees are basically a federal takeover of that city’s police department…You start to take back control of these cities by instituting local and state control in law enforcement.”
New narrative emerging in George Floyd case
Early this week a federal judge in Minnesota granted the attorneys of Derek Chauvin permission to re-examine Floyd’s autopsy reports. The imprisoned, former Minneapolis officer was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for killing Floyd.
Floyd was alive when he arrived at the hospital. The lawyers hope to prove he died from a pre-existing heart condition and not from Chauvin kneeling on his neck. Many social media users are sharing screenshots of the original Floyd autopsy report that revealed he suffered “no life-threatening injuries,” but did have 11 ng/mL of fentanyl in his system.
Last December Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by a fellow inmate who at one time served as an FBI informant. In this AlphaNews video, Chauvin states that it is a day by day process to survive, but he is not giving up the fight to get out. Please take a moment to watch this brief video.
Based on the Minnesota federal judge approving the request to re-examine Floyd’s autopsy, let’s say the odds favor Brett’s attorneys in their Motion for a new trial. The tide is turning.
AlphaNews also recently published a documentary urging support for police, Minnesota v. We The People.
It’s a powerful reminder for citizens to support and stand up for their police.
Excellent reporting, Anne. In these days of leftism, someone must stand up for law enforcement.