Have we discussed Breonna Taylor?

A travesty.

The case would look a lot better if they had hired a different lawyer. . .not saying they should not get justice. But by hiring the lawyer they did, it looks like they are seeking publicity instead of justice.

The police knew where the suspect was and it was NOT in that house - no excuse for breaking down the door like they did.

Also, why is Walker being charged with attempted murder of a police officer? He had every right to protect himself from somebody busting in the apartment without announcing they were police. This is totally messed up.

This case is absolutely heartbreaking. The officers should be charged and convicted of murder. RIP Breonna

Yes!  And this white person is deeply ashamed.  horrifying.  Our reality in this country is horrifying.

What is strange is that this was supposedly a "no-knock" warrant, yet the police are claiming they knocked and announced who they were??!! WTH?

I agree with everything you said.  
I just saw it this morning. I hope the publicity helps bring an arrest. How awful for her boyfriend and her family. Just tragic.

I am tired of this.
I cannot imagine the tiredness of those who try to fight this everyday. Those who could have been these people ... and still could be. Those whose children look like Breonna. To say I'm heartbroken isn't enough. I'm trying to learn. Learn how to teach my boys this isn't right and this isn't ok. Learn how I can help stop this.

What was so urgent about this search that it had to occur at night? While the Supreme Court has not specifically ruled a nighttime search is “unreasonable” by definition, it is generally considered an unreasonable search and has been ruled so in some states. supreme.findlaw.com/legal-commentary/is-the-nighttime-the-wrong-time-for-searching-houses-the-supreme-court-of-minnesota-reads-the-us-constitution-to-say-yes.html

Two of the reasons cited for raising the standard to determine if a night time search is reasonable include the “more personal nature” of night time activities in the home and the “increased anxiety and vulnerability experienced when one's home is invaded at night.” Therefore, “one has a special interest in ‘freedom from intrusion during a period of nighttime repose.’”

If you need to meet a higher standard to justify a nighttime search in the first place, there should be an even higher standard for a no-knock warrant being served at night.

This warrant was a ridiculous abuse of the process, and I hope someone is held accountable in the office that authorized it. This is EXACTLY the situation you want to avoid when serving a warrant, but these bozos set it up in such a way that it was almost certain to have a bad outcome.



ETA. Just to be clear, I think the officers who shot her should be held criminally responsible for her death. I just think the paperpushers who authorized It should also be held accountable.

This is devastating and so unnecessary.

Also of note from a different article I found
- The officers were plain clothes officers. So now you have guys wearing street clothes essentially breaking into somebody's house at 12:40am, waking up the occupants by busting through their front door.
- The guy who lived in the house is a licensed and registered gun owner AND called 911 saying the house was being broken into.
- He fired ONE shot. The police allegedly fired back more than 20.

All of this for a house that allegedly could have 'received mail, keep drugs or stash money' - not by either resident of the home but by a different guy that was arrested at the same time across town. We need a no knock, plain clothes, after midnight search warrant to find drugs, money or mail because a guy was seen coming out of her apartment with a UPS package in JANUARY. And (allegedly) was seen parked at her apartment a few times since then.

No knock warrants have their place, but this really does not seem like an appropriate use. It's extremely high risk in the best of circumstances, there should be an extremely well thought out rationale for their use and for only very high value targets.

Tomorrow would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday.

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Please let me know if the link doesn’t take you to action items you can do in support of Breonna and all the black women who have died at the hands of police.



An older but relevant article
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_6644276?guccounter=1

If you looked in the comments section of the news stories surrounding Philando Castile murder you saw a huge number of commenters saying his girlfriend’s motive was notoriety or she was a “welfare queen” looking for a payout. Apparently a lot of racists think black people want to bury their loved ones so they can hire uppity attorneys and cash out. Pretty sad but surprisingly not uncommon.


A very hard watch:

Philando Castile’s daughter and girlfriend following his murder:

www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-video-diamond-reynolds-daughter-20170622-story.html