Simon & Schuster won't distribute book by officer involved in Breonna Taylor's death after facing ba

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Source: Washington Post

When news broke Thursday that one of the police officers involved in the raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death had signed a deal to write a book about the incident, backlash was swift.

Hours later, Simon & Schuster said that it would not distribute the book by Louisville Police Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, which is being published by Post Hill Press.

“Like much of the American public, earlier today Simon & Schuster learned of plans by distribution client Post Hill Press to publish a book by Jonathan Mattingly,” a Simon & Schuster representative said in an email. “We have subsequently decided not [to] be involved in the distribution of this book.”

A  representative with Post Hill Press did not immediately respond to messages by The Washington Post late on Thursday. Kent J. Wicker, an attorney representing Mattingly, declined to comment.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/16/simon-schuster-jonathan-mattingly-book/

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1. I got to think Simon and Schuster will be kicking Post Hill Press to the curb

What a boneheaded move.

Seriously who wants a book by a cop who was part of a notorious raid that left a woman dead. Wait a second don't answer that.

[marble falls]

2. Sub-titled: "If I did it."

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3. Post Hill Press can sell it in church...

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4. I hope the same will happen...

...when Chauvin tries to peddle the book he's been writing during his trial.