Hour 2 - Cop Involved in Breonna Taylor Case Calls In
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
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4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hour 2 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a powerful and exclusive interview with retired Louisville police officer Sergeant John Mattingly, offering a firsthand account of the controversial Breonna Taylor raid. This hour centers on Mattingly’s detailed retelling of the events that led to the shooting, his injury during the operation, and the recent 33-month prison sentence handed down to fellow officer Brett Hankison—a sentence Mattingly and the hosts argue is a miscarriage of justice.
Mattingly challenges the mainstream narrative surrounding the Breonna Taylor case, disputing claims that the raid was conducted at the wrong address or under a no-knock warrant. He asserts that officers knocked and announced themselves, and that Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired first, striking Mattingly in the leg. The conversation highlights the legal inconsistencies, including alleged misconduct by the Biden Department of Justice, and contrasts it with the more restrained approach of the Trump DOJ, which had recommended only a one-day sentence.
The hosts and Mattingly call for President Trump to issue a pardon or commutation for Hankison, emphasizing the unprecedented nature of his conviction—being the only officer in U.S. history sentenced for returning fire without hitting anyone. They argue this sets a dangerous precedent for law enforcement nationwide.
The hour also explores Breonna Taylor’s alleged ties to drug trafficking, including her relationship with Jamarcus Glover, and disputes her portrayal as an innocent EMT. Mattingly outlines evidence linking Taylor to Glover’s criminal enterprise, including financial records, vehicle registrations, and jailhouse communications.
Listeners are urged to reconsider the media narrative, with the hosts asserting that the BLM movement, the George Floyd protests, and woke politics have contributed to a climate where police are vilified and criminals are emboldened. The segment ends with a broader discussion on the erosion of public trust in law enforcement, the psychological toll on officers, and the need for a national counter-revolution to restore law and order.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | Okay, welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. |
| 0:08.9 | You never know what you may get on the program for minutes to minute. |
| 0:12.3 | We were just talking about the decision made to give one of the police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, a 33-month prison sentence, despite the fact that the Trump Department |
| 0:22.7 | of Justice had suggested just one day. And we were walking through the Brianna Taylor |
| 0:28.1 | information and giving people more about that because it's been several years and some of you |
| 0:35.5 | may well have forgotten about what took place |
| 0:37.9 | there. Well, listening in Louisville, Kentucky was one of the officers involved in that raid. |
| 0:45.7 | His name is John Mattingly and he is with us now. |
| 0:49.9 | So I want to bring him in and I'll just say first of all thanks for listening and broadly just tell us |
| 0:57.7 | what happened on that day and what you think about the 33 month sentence that your former |
| 1:05.1 | police officer colleague got in that case and obviously thanks for listening what can you tell us |
| 1:10.7 | about that day yeah clay |
| 1:13.0 | and Travis I appreciate you guys having me on and being willing to get it from you know first-hand |
| 1:17.3 | source somebody who's kind of been through the fire and all this thing first of all let me start |
| 1:23.1 | with the decision I think the judge when it was the Biden DOJ, did everything they asked for. In the case, |
| 1:31.4 | in the trial, there were so many things that were unprofessional by that DOJ. I've never |
| 1:36.5 | set on a side and felt like it was a defense attorney over there with underhand tactics lying. |
| 1:43.6 | She did not allow cell phones to get entered into evidence |
| 1:47.1 | or the ones that were in evidence. She refused to let them at trial. At the end, when the jurors |
| 1:52.3 | kept coming back going, man, we got a hung jury, we got a hung jury. And then they asked the question, |
| 1:56.7 | should we assume Brianna is dead or alive? She said, assume she was dead or alive, which totally negates the legal process and the judge's influence on the jury because in order for a statute such as a civil rights violation, the person has to be alive. |
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