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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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dalton99a
(81,450 posts)OrlandoDem2
(2,065 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)"Totally justified police action."
Fuck the "justice" system.
Defund the police.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Sad situation.
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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
(14,489 posts)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.
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roamer65
(36,745 posts)NOT GOOD.
stopdiggin
(11,295 posts)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
(22,057 posts)My husband was in downtown Louisville a few days ago. He said there's busted out windows all over the place.
spanone
(135,818 posts)They should be boarding up.
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(44,576 posts)Last edited Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:01 PM - Edit history (7)
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 Taylors 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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NutmegYankee
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The Grio: A grand jury convened in Breonna Taylors 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 Taylors 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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