Breonna Taylor: Grand Jury

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They knocked and identified themselves
Nobody came to the door,
They were legally allowed to enter
Her boyfriend had a gun
He shot the returned fire
These are all facts. Sad? yes, that a person who was turning her life around was with a person who was not a very good person.

Just because you don't like the outcome you have to accept it that based on the evidence her killing was not intentional.

Her family settled a wrongful death claim. They most likely knew this was coming and they settled less than a week ago.

Exactly! Don't shoot at cops. The boyfriend was bad news..

It's interesting that you think the boyfriend was wrong to shoot at cops yet no charges were filed against him. Looks like the legal system agreed he was not at fault for shooting at the cops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They knocked and identified themselves
Nobody came to the door,
They were legally allowed to enter
Her boyfriend had a gun
He shot the returned fire
These are all facts. Sad? yes, that a person who was turning her life around was with a person who was not a very good person.

Just because you don't like the outcome you have to accept it that based on the evidence her killing was not intentional.

Her family settled a wrongful death claim. They most likely knew this was coming and they settled less than a week ago.

Exactly! Don't shoot at cops. The boyfriend was bad news..

It's interesting that you think the boyfriend was wrong to shoot at cops yet no charges were filed against him. Looks like the legal system agreed he was not at fault for shooting at the cops.

Yet you are probably questioning the same legal system’s decision not to charge the officers in the death.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

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Not similar cases, at all. This is a nonsense comparison

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Not similar cases, at all. This is a nonsense comparison

Not only is it a nonsense comparison, it's insulting to Till's legacy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not similar cases, at all. This is a nonsense comparison

Not only is it a nonsense comparison, it's insulting to Till's legacy.

This completely marginalizes the severity of the Till case. First of all he was a child, second, he did absolutely nothing wrong, third he was tortured to death for the color of his skin. True racism. Taylor's case was not about race. The police didn't go in there saying hey we're going to kill a black lady tonight, let's go! The police were shot at, they shot back. A tragedy, yes but not more than that. Save the racism comparisons to actual racism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am confused. Did the boyfriend shot first or not?

Yes. He shot a police officer. He admitted to shooting first.

I think the question is did the police properly announce who they were before trying to break down the door. Most people would probably shoot at someone they didn't know that was breaking into their home.

They announced their presence. Some in the area claimed not to have heard it.

The boyfriend shot first because he thought it was Taylor's drug-dealing ex-boyfriend - whom she was still visiting, assisting financially, allegedly keeping the proceeds of drug sales for, and who knows what else - breaking into their house.

Most people would probably hide and call the police rather than assume that an armed drug dealer with an axe to grind was breaking into their girlfriend's apartment. And of course not everyone owns a gun, either.

You’re getting excited- the klan robe is getting tighter!

[Anonymous]

It’s how Black people feel.
As saddened and as angry and as frustrated as in 1955.
You can argue there’s no comparison between the cases.
Find whatever rationalization you need to sleep at night with no worry.
But your take on things isn’t gonna erase the similarities in sentiment and frustration between the two injustices for Blacks in America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, how do you hide in a tiny apartment? I guarantee you the guy wouldn't shoot at the police if he knew it was the police - what idiot would? As for owning a gun, I mean what IS the legally owned gun for if not protecting yourself? I think most gun rights advocates would agree that the right time to use the gun is when you think someone is breaking into your house in the middle of the night. It's also not really the time when most people are at the top of their rational faculties.

Castle law only applies to white people. Black people have no right to self-defense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not similar cases, at all. This is a nonsense comparison

Not only is it a nonsense comparison, it's insulting to Till's legacy.

This completely marginalizes the severity of the Till case. First of all he was a child, second, he did absolutely nothing wrong, third he was tortured to death for the color of his skin. True racism. Taylor's case was not about race. The police didn't go in there saying hey we're going to kill a black lady tonight, let's go! The police were shot at, they shot back. A tragedy, yes but not more than that. Save the racism comparisons to actual racism. [/quote

Your not in the position to assess racism, Trumpy. Breonna Taylor did nothing wrong. And she was murdered. By police. Because of the color of her skin.

[Anonymous]

It’s so pathetically ironic. These cops are representatives of the Big Government that conservatives and ammosexuals hyperventilate about.

Yet they go out of their way to excuse the State accidentally executing a peaceful citizen in her home. They are no friends of liberty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not similar cases, at all. This is a nonsense comparison

Not only is it a nonsense comparison, it's insulting to Till's legacy.

This completely marginalizes the severity of the Till case. First of all he was a child, second, he did absolutely nothing wrong, third he was tortured to death for the color of his skin. True racism. Taylor's case was not about race. The police didn't go in there saying hey we're going to kill a black lady tonight, let's go! The police were shot at, they shot back. A tragedy, yes but not more than that. Save the racism comparisons to actual racism.

You have a flimsy understanding of racism. Racism is not limited to situations when someone literally says let's go kill a black person. Our government systems are borne out of that type of "true racism" which is why they continue to produce the same results despite the officers not actively seeking out a black woman to kill. In order to stop producing the same results of "true racism" despite not being racist, we have to first acknowledge the role that race plays in the systems, and fix them.

If we don't, black people will continue to die at the hands of police, face no consequences, and people like you will hand wave it away like she was no better than some trash under your feet, while also screeching about property damage. And our country will continue to fall apart at the seams.

There's a reason that all of these things are coming to head at once. America's original sin is greed, fed with individualism, entitlement, and racism. We've ignored the problems for hundreds of years and now the chickens have come home to roost. The only way to stop the collapse is to finally address the root causes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s how Black people feel.
As saddened and as angry and as frustrated as in 1955.
You can argue there’s no comparison between the cases.
Find whatever rationalization you need to sleep at night with no worry.
But your take on things isn’t gonna erase the similarities in sentiment and frustration between the two injustices for Blacks in America.

All people are entitled to their feelings, but if those feelings are communicated or messaged in a way that confuse, frustrate, or alienate potential allies, then you lose momentum towards your goal.

[Anonymous]

No knock warrants are the biggest problem here, but they were legal...
I am surprised there's no penalty for lying to get the warrant, or filing inaccurate police reports afterwards

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not similar cases, at all. This is a nonsense comparison

Not only is it a nonsense comparison, it's insulting to Till's legacy.

This completely marginalizes the severity of the Till case. First of all he was a child, second, he did absolutely nothing wrong, third he was tortured to death for the color of his skin. True racism. Taylor's case was not about race. The police didn't go in there saying hey we're going to kill a black lady tonight, let's go! The police were shot at, they shot back. A tragedy, yes but not more than that. Save the racism comparisons to actual racism.

You have a flimsy understanding of racism. Racism is not limited to situations when someone literally says let's go kill a black person. Our government systems are borne out of that type of "true racism" which is why they continue to produce the same results despite the officers not actively seeking out a black woman to kill. In order to stop producing the same results of "true racism" despite not being racist, we have to first acknowledge the role that race plays in the systems, and fix them.

If we don't, black people will continue to die at the hands of police, face no consequences, and people like you will hand wave it away like she was no better than some trash under your feet, while also screeching about property damage. And our country will continue to fall apart at the seams.

There's a reason that all of these things are coming to head at once. America's original sin is greed, fed with individualism, entitlement, and racism. We've ignored the problems for hundreds of years and now the chickens have come home to roost. The only way to stop the collapse is to finally address the root causes.

NP. The personal beliefs about racism you're projecting do not align with the PP's comments.