The Cost of A False Narrative: Separating Fact from Fiction of the Breonna Taylor Case
Send a text In this episode, Cinnamon sits down with former Louisville Metro Police Sergeant John Mattingly to talk about what really happened the night of March 13, 2020, and what it cost him to survive it. John was shot in the femoral artery while serving a warrant that was part of a larger drug trafficking investigation. He nearly bled out on the hallway floor. But the physical wound wasn’t the hardest part. What followed was something far worse. A national narrative formed almost overnigh...
In this episode, Cinnamon sits down with former Louisville Metro Police Sergeant John Mattingly to talk about what really happened the night of March 13, 2020, and what it cost him to survive it.
John was shot in the femoral artery while serving a warrant that was part of a larger drug trafficking investigation. He nearly bled out on the hallway floor. But the physical wound wasn’t the hardest part.
What followed was something far worse.
A national narrative formed almost overnight. One that erased facts, ignored evidence, and turned John and his family into targets. Death threats. Forced relocation. Zero support from leadership. An FBI investigation shut down for “optics.” A career stripped away. A five-year-old son afraid someone would come through his bedroom window.
John shares what the public was never told.
This was not a no-knock warrant. Officers knocked and announced.
They had the correct address.
Breonna Taylor was not asleep in her bed.
John was shot first.
And the investigation itself was rooted in political corruption tied to property acquisition.
This conversation is not about sides. It’s about truth.
It’s about what happens when media narratives replace facts.
When politics override justice.
And when a 21-year veteran is abandoned by the very system he served.
John now travels the country telling his story so other officers don’t walk blindly into the same betrayal, and so the public learns to slow down, ask better questions, and look beyond headlines.
This episode is raw. It’s uncomfortable. And it matters.
Because behind every viral story is a human family paying the price.
Listen with an open mind.
Question what you think you know.
And remember there are real people on the other side of every narrative.
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