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rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 02:59 PM Jun 2020

"Court house in Louisville is being boarded up right now..."

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I've been speculating the same thing: Technically, the cops didn't do anything criminal.

They were going after someone who they were TOLD was a suspect, and they had a legal right not to knock on the door. But that means that Taylor's boyfriend didn't act illegally, either -- he had a right to defend his home from what he believed were home invaders.

The people responsible for the information and communication breakdowns that led to the cops being misinformed are the real culprits.


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"Court house in Louisville is being boarded up right now..." (Original Post) rocktivity Jun 2020 OP
Yep, it's another "justifiable" shooting dalton99a Jun 2020 #1
Wow. Woah. Awful. OrlandoDem2 Jun 2020 #2
Guilty of sleeping in her own home while black. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #3
"An honest mistake. Oops." soothsayer Jun 2020 #4
Like I said, if it was THAT honest an honest mistake rocktivity Jun 2020 #6
Yes soothsayer Jun 2020 #8
Makes us all wonder what the current environment would be like if.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #13
If that is the decision, Louisville is going to burn. roamer65 Jun 2020 #5
sadly. have to agree. stopdiggin Jun 2020 #7
Afraid I don't see what boarding up the courthouse is supposed to accomplish.... Bayard Jun 2020 #9
WTF? Shot in her own bed? spanone Jun 2020 #10
6/19/2020 1PM UPDATE: rocktivity Jun 2020 #11
The charges were dismissed against the boyfriend. NutmegYankee Jun 2020 #12
9/23/2020 UPDATE: Fired officer charged for bullets going into neighboring apartments rocktivity Sep 2020 #14

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
3. Guilty of sleeping in her own home while black.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:07 PM
Jun 2020

"Totally justified police action."

Fuck the "justice" system.
Defund the police.

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
6. Like I said, if it was THAT honest an honest mistake
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:21 PM
Jun 2020

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the people who caused the mistake should also be fired if not charged themselves. And any charges against Taylor's boyfriend should be dismissed: technically, he made the SAME "honest mistake" that the cops did.




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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
13. Makes us all wonder what the current environment would be like if....
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:30 AM
Jun 2020

Taylor had killed one of the cops by accident......

I've been to that court house several times and there's a lot of big glass windows.

We hope this somehow ends peacefully and with justice.

KY

stopdiggin

(11,095 posts)
7. sadly. have to agree.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:21 PM
Jun 2020

Completely devastating and tragic. And (probably) completely within the law.

We (as citizens of this country) have facilitated this type of policing and approach to law enforcement. So .. every one of these is partly our fault.

Bayard

(21,806 posts)
9. Afraid I don't see what boarding up the courthouse is supposed to accomplish....
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:57 PM
Jun 2020

My husband was in downtown Louisville a few days ago. He said there's busted out windows all over the place.

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
11. 6/19/2020 1PM UPDATE:
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 01:35 PM
Jun 2020

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Huffpost: One of the Louisville Metro Police officers who killed Breonna Taylor is being fired, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said...

The police chief “is initiating termination procedures against Officer Brett Hankison,” Fischer announced. “Unfortunately, due to a provision in state law that I would very much like to see changed, both the chief and I are precluded from talking about what brought us to this moment or even the timing of this decision...”

Police Chief Robert Schroeder sent Hankison a letter...(i)n (which) Schroeder said Hankison “wantonly and blindly” fired 10 rounds of bullets into Taylor’s apartment, which “displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life.” Schroeder said there was no “immediate threat” to justify such use of deadly force...I cannot tolerate this type of conduct by any member of the Louisville Metro Police Department. Your conduct demands your termination.”

But if Hankinson was so wanton and blind, why not charge him criminally -- isn't he guilty of manslaughter, at the very least? Does this mean it isn't true that Hankinson fired at Taylor and her boyfriend because the boyfriend fired the first shots, and if so, is the criminal case against the boyfriend going be dismissed also?

The ultimate plea deal: reducing it from a criminal charge to a "merely" fireable offense. In exchange for enduring his public scolding, Hankinson gets to walk, probably with some severance pay and definitely without a criminal record. But there is a silver lining: The Taylor family have been handed a wrongful death civil suit against the police department on a silver platter.


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rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
14. 9/23/2020 UPDATE: Fired officer charged for bullets going into neighboring apartments
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 03:12 PM
Sep 2020

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The Grio: A grand jury convened in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death decided to press charges against former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, but not for allegedly killing her during a botched raid. Instead, the officer was charged for allegedly shooting into Taylor’s neighbors’ apartments.

The Jefferson grand jury chose to indict Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree, which carries up to five years in prison. He was previously fired in June for his role in the shooting.

Finally, the real mystery is solved: If Breonna's boyfriend shot first because he believed he was a victim of a home invasion and was not charged, why was Hankson fired for rightfully firing in self-defense? Because he WASN'T accused of firing at the boyfriend!!!

So, just as I predicted, no one is going down for Breonna's death criminally because nothing criminal happened to her. The $12M civil settlement which her family was so quick to accept is chicken feed indeed compared to what would have to be paid to the cops for false arrest, wrongful termination, departmental corruption, or prosecutorial misconduct.

No wonder the city went back on red alert.

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