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Detective Myles Cosgrove copes with doxing, death threats as he seeks safety for his family

The family cites a 'meticulous campaign of disinformation' which has led to an ongoing fear of violence against them

Myles Cosgrove

Louisville Metro Police Detective Myles Cosgrove has ben doxed and receives daily threats. (LMPD)

October 1, 2020
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro Police Department officer who FBI ballistics determined likely fired the fatal shot that claimed the life of Breonna Taylor is crowdsourcing funds to buy out the remainder of his service and begin a new chapter in life by retiring. The LMPD professional cites safety risks that he and his family are facing during ongoing protests in the city, FOX News reported.

The family of Detective Myles Cosgrove, who was not indicted on any charges last week but remains on administrative leave from the police department, is using the Christian crowdfunding site “Give Send Go” to “raise enough funds to help him purchase the remainder of his service time, or ‘air-time,’ so that he can retire from the LMPD and continue to focus on the safety of his family, a family that has been put continually at-risk over the past few months.”

“It has recently become clear that it will be impossible for Myles to safely return to his position serving the community with the Louisville Metro Police Department,” the family wrote.

Cosgrove, who served in the U.S. Marines and was honorably discharged, “has selflessly served this country and his communities, again and again, for the past 23 years, only to find himself the target of a meticulous campaign of disinformation,” the family said.

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The page described a “perpetual, nightmarish reality for Myles and his family,” who have been doxed, harassed, and received “countless” threats that grow “more legitimate and scarier” every day. It blamed the media, which “intentionally leaves out important details with regards to this specific case,” and therefore, “lied by omission on many occasions.” The page added that “blatant lies” on social media have become even more widespread and have destroyed Cosgrove’s reputation, according to the report.

“Most people simply don’t understand what it’s like to be a police officer in America today. Most people don’t know what it’s like, as a career, to put your life on the line on the daily basis to simply serve and protect your community,” the family wrote. “Most people don’t know what it’s like to have a weapon fired at you. Even fewer know what it’s like, after all of that, to have the entire world turn on you with pure vitriol for simply performing your job exactly as you were trained to do by your superiors.”

As of Thursday morning, the fund had raised more than $20,000 out of its $75,000 goal.

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Former Detective Brett Hankison, who was fired from the department in June, was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for shots fired into a neighboring apartment, but not in connection with Taylor’s death. He pleaded not guilty on Monday.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said this week his office did not recommend to the grand jury any criminal charges be brought against Cosgrove or Sgt. Johnathan Mattingly because they were fired upon first by Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, and were therefore justified in their deadly use of force. Mattingly underwent surgery after Walker shot him in the leg.

Last week, two other Louisville Metro Police officers were wounded in a shooting that broke out on the first night of demonstrations after the grand jury decision was announced.

 


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