Mattingly’s attorney, Kent Wicker, said in a statement that his client was “nearly killed by Kenneth Walker” and that “he’s entitled to, and should, use the legal process to seek a remedy for the injury that Walker has caused him.”
Walker was originally charged with assault and attempted murder of Mattingly, but those charges were dismissed in May, and the three officers involved in Taylor’s death were placed on administrative leave. Walker then sued the Louisville Police Department over his arrest, claiming he was following the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law.
Mattingly’s lawsuit is the latest development in a case that hasn’t resulted in justice for Taylor. Two of the officers, Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, face no criminal charges and remain on the force; officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment in September for shooting bullets into a nearby apartment (the charges weren’t directly related to Taylor’s death). Members of the grand jury who heard Taylor’s case have criticized the proceedings, saying Kentucky’s attorney general, Daniel Cameron, didn’t present them with the option of homicide charges and then lied to the public. But it’s still unlikely that Taylor’s case will get another hearing, since Cameron has not admitted to any wrongdoing.
Walker said he and Taylor had planned to buy a house and have a child (they had even picked out a baby name). “My life is changed forever, no matter what,” he said in a recent New York Times documentary. “It can never be undone.”
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