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And here come the riots – Breonna Taylor Case Update

Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 13:50 BFH Uncategorized 32

The Louisville woman died during a police raid, setting off months of protests. -MJ

Mother Jones-

A grand jury has indicted a former Louisville police officer with wanton endangerment of the first degree related to the death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed in the early hours of March 13 when police officers raided her Louisville apartment. The other two officers involved in the shooting will not be charged. The outcome was announced on Wednesday following a process led by Daniel Cameron, Kentucky’s attorney general.

Protests calling for charges against the officers who took Taylor’s life have continued in Louisville for more than 100 days. On the eve of the announcement, the city took steps to control potential coming protests. On Tuesday, the city was placed under a state of emergency order, a 25-block permitter was closed to traffic, city administrative buildings were boarded up. On Wednesday, prior to the announcement, a 9pm curfew was announced and the state national guard was activated.

Taylor’s death was the result of a police raid gone horribly wrong. Police claim they announced their presence, but inside her apartment, Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker claims he and Taylor heard an intruder breaking down the door without identifying themselves. In self-defense, Walker shot at the officers. The officers shot back, killing Taylor. The raid itself, part of an operation targeting her former boyfriend, should arguably never have involved Taylor. 

32 Comments on And here come the riots – Breonna Taylor Case Update

  2. Facts be damned. I sure would not want any of these BLM cretins on a jury.

    Oh yes…the “peaceful” protesters have been shit stirring on twatter for awhile. They are already screaming their no peace no justice rally to riot. Cut the welfare and get these people so busy earning the food that they need to survive so that they stop behaving like feral children.

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  8. Unlike many of the other weak-kneed supplicant DA’s, who used mob outrage, racial implications, and their own career advancement to determine whether to file charges, this DA, Daniel Cameron, appeared thorough, sympathetic, somber, and conscientious in his investigation. I think he got it right.

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  9. Not a big fan of no knock warrants. There was no reason for her to die. BLM will be on a terror tonight. Not just in Louisville. Be a good night to pack an extra mag if you’re venturing out and live in a populated area.

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  13. Brad –
    Ms. ‘I’m just an innocent victim’ Taylor was a money-holder for her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend. She was involved in a murder. Her current boyfriend was involved in the drug trade. Her ex-boyfriend was known to stay and stash stuff at her apartment. Her apartment was one of 4 locations being searched in relation to her ex-boyfriend’s drug dealing and all the people in his drug organization, like… Ms. Taylor.

    No, she didn’t have to die. But, you know, actively engaging in criminal behavior, as Ms. Taylor was at the time of her death, does tend to increase the possibility of dying a violent death.

    Meh. Live a violent lifestyle, die from a violent lifestyle.

    SHE was not innocent. Not innocent at all. Just think of all the people affected by her participation in the illegal drug trade. The damage to the community. The loss of money, drive, ability, lives all lost to drugs that she and her peeps sold.

    To me, this is the equivalent of an actual Camp Nazi being hit by a car in a random traffic accident. Bad… but good.

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

    Funny how nothing about her very nasty troubled life was released to the public by the media, even though they (the media) knew about it from the beginning. But ‘Boo-hoo, innocent black lady dies’ sells more news and fits the leftist agenda much better than ‘drug moll known for holding money for a major drug dealer and also involved in a murder along with the illegal drug trade dies in a search warrant at a known drug stash house.’

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  16. Those “peaceful protestors” should be OUTRAGED the media FRICKEN LIED to them about a N0 KNOCK warrant. Did you hear the NYT “reporter” frantically address that, trying to discredit the witness who was there, hearing them announcing themselves? Probably a black person. LOL!

    And where the hell is Kenneth Walker? He’s the one who put Breonna Taylor in a deadly situation to begin with. I can’t wait until he takes the stand.

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  19. Beans

    You know the problem with all that bull shit? They were at the wrong address so there was no way for them to know that going in.
    There’s been several cases where an LE gets killed in a no knock raid by the residents. Normally they’re at the wrong address. Go figure. And in every case the resident has gotten off.
    Why not wait outside, get a positive I.D. and make the arrest. No Knock Raids suck. You can’t change my mind. Not to mention if some one gets shot or killed, it’s normally LE.

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  26. The DA, Daniel Camaron, said in his news conference today that the police knock and verbal identification was corroborated by an independent third-party witness, a resident next door, who heard both the knock and the identification.

    As far as what actually happened in that apartment, we will never know. The fact that the city settled so quickly and with such an astronomical amount ($12 million) tells me that the police version was sketchy and not airtight. I suspect that once the boyfriend fired the shot, he ducked for cover, Brionna, who was standing next to him, did not react as fast and presented an easy target. The shots that ultimately hit and killed Taylor were justified per the grand jury indictment, so settling (from the facts so far presented) seemed premature.

    Hankison was indicted because he was NOT in the doorway, was not subject to fire, fired after the other 2 officers returned fire, and fired in such a reckless manner as to endanger the residents in the adjacent apartment. But having said this, a good lawyer just might get him acquitted, we shall see.

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  32. She was reportedly allowing her drug-dealing ex to use her address as a maildrop, and he would stop by frequently to pick up his mail and packages. Sounds like she was legitimately a part of the investigation, however badly it turned out.

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