The Breonna Taylor Murder (1 Viewer)

[Charlie Brizzown]

Breonna Taylor evidence photos contradict LMPD's 'no body cam' claim

After nearly six months of investigations, the defense legal team released more than 1,200, graphic, evidence photos from inside and outside Breonna Taylor's Louisville apartment.

www.lex18.com

The title of that article might be a little misleading. The officer photographed with a body cam on isn’t one of the three officers involved with executing the warrant. Maybe just he was just involved in the crime scene investigation after the fact.

 

[Bayouboy]

The police are in quite the mess it seems.....

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Props to the WNBA, et al for keeping this story alive
I’m sure police were hoping the public would get distracted by other things

 

[Optimus Prime]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The city of Louisville will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement months after Taylor’s slaying by police thrust the Black woman’s name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, Mayor Greg Fischer announced Tuesday.........

'Say her name': City to pay $12M to Breonna Taylor's family

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman's family $12 million and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday.

apnews.com

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Fun part about that is Breonna’s taxes get to help pay her settlement

 

[DaveXA]

Fun part about that is Breonna’s taxes get to help pay her settlement

Not to mention contributing to the reforms the city agreed to. Fun indeed.

But seriously, from what I've seen so far, seems like a step in the right direction.

 

[tomwaits]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The city of Louisville will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement months after Taylor’s slaying by police thrust the Black woman’s name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, Mayor Greg Fischer announced Tuesday.........

'Say her name': City to pay $12M to Breonna Taylor's family

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman's family $12 million and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday.

apnews.com

Remember its not the police paying this out of their pension fund or anything, its the tax payers that get to pay.

 

[EGLSShin]

Not gonna bring Breonna back, can't have a shoot first, ask questions later mentality when it comes to the police. Society cannot afford shootings of innocent people then have gov's say, "heres x amount of money." She and her family deserve justice.

 

[DaveXA]

Not gonna bring Breonna back, can't have a shoot first, ask questions later mentality when it comes to the police. Society cannot afford shootings of innocent people then have gov's say, "heres x amount of money." She and her family deserve justice.

While I agree, I think it's worth noting that part of the agreement was that the city would undergo meaningful reforms, one of which involves doing away with no knock raids. It's definitely a step in the right direction for Louisville at the very least.

 

[Saintamaniac]

The city knew they were in trouble and settled with the family to make this go away. However, there is a crap load of pressure on the DA and the police department. The case is with a grand jury but from the looks of what has come out thus far, the police department sure as shirt look like they attempted to cover it up. First they tried to charge the boyfriend with attempted murder for excercizing his constitutional 2nd amendment rights and then they offered the murder victim's boyfriend a deal to implicate the murder victim in some kind of drug gang. He refused.

The bottom line is that the police executed a no knock warrant in the middle of the night looking for the someone who was not living at the house. When they kicked down the door, the boyfriend defended himself and his girlfriend from what he perceived as home invaders. The police fired wildly murdering the sleeping victim and sending bullets into neighboring apartments (wreckless endangerment). They attempted to cover up what they did by omitting information on the report and in some instances, having conflicting stories. If the grand jury finds that the evidence doesn't support charges against the cops, our justice system is no longer a justice system.

 

[DaveXA]

If the grand jury finds that the evidence doesn't support charges against the cops, our justice system is no longer a justice system.

Hate to nitpick an otherwise reasonable post, but this comment doesn't make much sense. If the grand jury doesn't find evidence to corroborate the charges against the cops, are you suggesting they indict the cops anyway? That doesn't make much sense and flies in the face of what a grand jury's duty is supposed to be. I don't understand how you can argue that isn't justice. To me, a grand jury declining to indict because of a lack of evidence is exactly how it's supposed to work.

That said, I hope that justice is correctly served in this case. There has to be consequences for a no knock raid that ends up killing an innocent individual.

 

[Tapxe]

Remember its not the police paying this out of their pension fund or anything, its the tax payers that get to pay.

This is why I wonder if officers should be required to have current malpractice insurance to cover some part of the settlements. Repeated bad actions and claims against that insurance might push them out of the business. Dr's carry such so I don't see why it would be impossible to manage.

 

[Saintamaniac]

Hate to nitpick an otherwise reasonable post, but this comment doesn't make much sense. If the grand jury doesn't find evidence to corroborate the charges against the cops, are you suggesting they indict the cops anyway? That doesn't make much sense and flies in the face of what a grand jury's duty is supposed to be. I don't understand how you can argue that isn't justice. To me, a grand jury declining to indict because of a lack of evidence is exactly how it's supposed to work.

That said, I hope that justice is correctly served in this case. There has to be consequences for a no knock raid that ends up killing an innocent individual.

No. I'm not suggesting they indict the cops anyway. I'm suggesting that IMO, there is sufficient evidence when taken into consideration the steps that the cops took to attempt to cover up what they did, it warrants charges being filed. IMO, there is more than enough evidence to charge the cops but I'm not an attorney nor am I on the grand jury.

I'll break down what I'm arguing like this

• Police broke down the door of Breina Taylor's apartment with a no knock warrant - Taylor and her boyfriend had no idea who was knocking down their door and her boyfriend actually thought it was he ex who had threatened them. They have a right to defend themselves.
• Police fired wildly killing Taylor and spraying bullets recklessly into neighboring apartments - Taylor's boyfriend had every right to defend against what he thought was a home invasion. Instead they attempted to charge the boyfriend with attempted murder
• Police had a bad warrant and were looking for someone who did not live at the residence. - All citizens have a right to defend themselves in their home if someone breaks down the door in the middle of the night.
• Police had conflicting and incomplete information on the report about the incident - To me this is an indication that they know they messed up and were attempted to cover their arses.
• Police offered Taylor's boyfriend a deal to lie about her involvement in a drug gang. IMO, this in and of itself should be a crime.

So given all of this, if the grand jury does not indict, then IMO, there is not justice system.

 

[tomwaits]

Hate to nitpick an otherwise reasonable post, but this comment doesn't make much sense. If the grand jury doesn't find evidence to corroborate the charges against the cops, are you suggesting they indict the cops anyway? That doesn't make much sense and flies in the face of what a grand jury's duty is supposed to be. I don't understand how you can argue that isn't justice. To me, a grand jury declining to indict because of a lack of evidence is exactly how it's supposed to work.

That said, I hope that justice is correctly served in this case. There has to be consequences for a no knock raid that ends up killing an innocent individual.

I see it like, if there is evidence where anyone but the police would be indicted, but they are not indicted because they are the police, then justice has failed.

 

[DaveXA]

I see it like, if there is evidence where anyone but the police would be indicted, but they are not indicted because they are the police, then justice has failed.

That I agree with. If anything, I think the police should be held to a higher standard than everyone else, because, isn't that as it should be? Whether that actually happens in this case...who knows?