Film and TV legend Tyler Perry donated $100k to Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker’s GoFundMe.
What We Know:
- A GoFundMe page was created in order to help raise funds for Walker’s legal battle against Jonathan Mattingly. Mattingly, one of the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor, was shot in the leg by Walker during the failed raid of Walker’s apartment. Back in October, Mattingly decided to sue Walker for assault, battery, and emotional distress.
- Walker was the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical technician who was killed by Louisville Metro Police Department officers using a no-knock warrant back in March. The officers responsible for her death are Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove.
- According to CBS News, a portion of the Kentucky state police ballistics report is found to be “inconclusive” regarding who fired the shot that hit Mattingly. One of Walker’s attorneys, Frederick Moore, told CBS News that the “truth is not” on Mattingly’s side.
- Walker, who is a licensed gun owner, fired a single shot of his gun after police broke into Taylor’s apartment, thinking he was defending the residence during a home invasion.
“It’s outrageous for one of the men partially responsible for all that to sue the man who endured it,” reads the GoFundMe page.
- “The raid that killed Breonna Taylor was poorly conceived, nightmarishly executed, and hastily covered-up. The subsequent grand jury proceedings were farcical and staged. Daniel Cameron’s statements were disingenuous, at best. Jon Mattingly’s lawsuit is the nearly-unbelievable next step in this ongoing mockery of justice,” it continued.
- Perry’s donations to the fundraising page were made in four separate payments on Sunday afternoon to help the fund surpass its $100K goal.
This charitable act continues Perry’s recent philanthropic efforts of giving back to the community. This past Thanksgiving, Tyler Perry Studios distributed non-perishable food items and gift cards to families in need in Atlanta.
