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Tyler Perry Donates $100,000 To Kenneth Walker’s Legal Defense Fund

<p>The loved ones of Breonna Taylor are still mourning following her shocking passing earlier this year&period; Her boyfriend Kenneth Walker&comma; who was with her during the time she was fatally shot by police&comma; is not only mourning her passing&comma; but he is also dealing with a lawsuit from one of the officers involved in the shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cbsnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;tyler-perry-breonna-taylor-kenneth-walker-defense-fund-gofundme-donation-2020-12-14&sol;">CBS News<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; recently Tyler Perry made a huge contribution to a fundraiser&comma; which was started to help Kenneth with his legal fees&period; Tyler made four separate donations&comma; which totaled to the amount of &dollar;100&comma;000&comma; to a GoFundMe page that was set up back in November to help with his legal defense&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The fundraiser now has more than &dollar;105&comma;000 in donations&comma; which has surpassed the original goal of &dollar;100&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jonathan Mattingly&comma; one of the officers involved in the shooting&comma; was wounded during the March shooting&period; He filed a civil lawsuit against Kenneth back in October&comma; claiming that he caused him &&num;8220&semi;severe trauma&comma; mental anguish&comma; and emotional distress&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CBS News obtained a portion of the Kentucky state police ballistics report&comma; which found that it is &&num;8220&semi;inconclusive&&num;8221&semi; as to who fired the shot that hit Mattingly during the shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;breonna-taylors-boyfriend-kenneth-walker-speaks-out-i-never-thought-it-was-the-police-video&sol;"> previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; back in October Kenneth spoke with Gayle King about the shooting and said that the police did not announce themselves before making their way into Breonna&&num;8217&semi;s apartment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the interview&comma; Kenneth said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;That’s why I grabbed the gun&period; Didn’t have a clue&period; I mean&comma; if it was the police at the door&comma; and they just said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;We’re the police&comma;’ me or Breonna didn’t have a reason at all not to open the door to see what they wanted&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By now&comma; you all know that the three officers responsible for the death of Breonna Taylor did not face any consequences for her death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a>  <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Jade Ashley &commat;Jade&lowbar;Ashley94<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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