{"id":429796,"date":"2021-04-15T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T03:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429796"},"modified":"2021-04-15T23:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T03:20:11","slug":"officer-who-shot-breonna-taylor-was-shot-by-her-boyfriend-writing-book-about-the-fight-for-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officer-who-shot-breonna-taylor-was-shot-by-her-boyfriend-writing-book-about-the-fight-for-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor, Was Shot By Her Boyfriend Writing Book About \u2018The Fight For Truth\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fofficer-who-shot-breonna-taylor-was-shot-by-her-boyfriend-writing-book-about-the-fight-for-truth%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2159.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"43.881625441696\">\n<p>The Louisville police officer who shot Breonna Taylor after being shot in the leg by her boyfriend is writing a book, the Associated Press (AP) reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee-based Post Hill Press, owned by Simon &amp; Schuster, will edit and publish \u201cThe Fight For Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy\u201d written by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/09\/andy-beshear-kentucky-limits-no-knock-warrants-breonna-taylor\/\">Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/breonna-taylor-louisville-kentucky-906fb7bb65a0ebf3423d70c8799605f2\">according<\/a> to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>Post Hill Press publishes a \u201cspectrum of books, with a focus on the categories of pop culture, business, self-help, health, current events, Christian, and conservative political books,\u201d according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/posthillpress.com\/about\">website<\/a>. Other authors published by the company include <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/dan-bongino-geraldo-rivera-debate-hannity-daunte-wright\/\">Dan Bongino<\/a> and Republican Florida Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-not-removed-from-committees-unless-charges-filed\/\">Matt Gaetz<\/a>, according to the AP. <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/28\/former-louisville-officer-brett-hankison-pleads-to-guilty-charges-breonna-taylor-shooting\/\">(RELATED: Former Louisville Officer Indicted On Charges Related To Breonna Taylor Shooting Pleads Not Guilty)<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.5412186379928\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the Louisville police officers who shot Breonna Taylor is writing a book. Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly\u2019s book is to be published by Tennessee-based Post Hill Press, distributed by Simon &amp; Schuster.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TmdFtQcED7\">https:\/\/t.co\/TmdFtQcED7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APEntertainment\/status\/1382876562282930176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The book deal drew criticism from Democratic Kentucky state Rep. Attica Scott, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atticascott4ky\/status\/1382748833101266947\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cPeople love to profit off of Black pain and tragedy. It sells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/22\/daniel-cameron-kentucky-attorney-general-impeachment-charges-breonna-taylor\/\">Breonna Taylor\u2019s <\/a>boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot that hit Mattingly\u2019s leg after fearing an intruder was breaking into his apartment during the March 13, 2020 narcotics raid. Walker fired six rounds in the apartment before striking Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI decided Myles Cosgrove, one of the three officers who raided the apartment, fired the shot that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/11\/louisville-police-release-report-breonna-taylor-death-injuries-none-blank-mayor-fischer\/\">Taylor<\/a>. The three officers did not find narcotics in Taylor\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Louisville police officer who shot Breonna Taylor after being shot in the leg by her boyfriend is writing a book, the Associated Press (AP) reported. 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