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Simon & Schuster says it won’t distribute book written by police officer who shot at Breonna Taylor

A Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid on her apartment is writing a book, but it won’t be distributed as planned by publishing giant Simon & Schuster.
Key points:
- Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly’s book will be published by a small publisher which has a deal to have its books distributed by Simon & Schuster
- But Simon & Schuster is refusing to distribute it
- The officer and his publisher have been accused of seeking to “profit off of Black pain”
Ms Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was killed in March last year when police forced their way into her apartment shortly after midnight using a so-called “no-knock” warrant that did not require them to announce themselves…
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