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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Breonna Taylor were white, charges would've filed in her death. Black or white, we all know that. That's the crux of the issue.[/quote]

I would like to add this footnote:

The police had been investigating two men who they believed were selling drugs out of a house that was far from Ms. Taylor’s home. 
But a judge signed a warrant allowing the police to search Breonna's residence because the police believed that one of the men had used her apartment to receive packages. 
Breonna had been dating that man on and off for several years but had recently severed ties with him.

SO...

If the two guys that the cops were investigating were white, they never even would have sought a no-knock warrant to begin with.
Let that soak in for a second.
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Um, what?

Because white guys don’t deal drugs? They do.

Or, because you think the judge has a different approach to warrants for white drug dealers? Nonsense. [/quote]

Research shows that basically every phase of the American criminal justice system (who is arrested, who is charged, what they're charged with, who's released pre-trial, who's convicted, what sentences they receive), why would issuing warrants be any different? Here's a recent study if you're unfamiliar with the evidence (http://cjpp.law.harvard.edu/assets/Massachusetts-Racial-Disparity-Report-FINAL.pdf)[/quote]

I’m actually very familiar with the data.

But I’m also not blind to the fact that if police are confronted by an armed man firing at them when executing a warrant, the police will return fire.

Do you really think this would have been different with white people? That’s nuts. [/quote]

It would have been the same response, race really wasn't a factor. Except with the media and those manufacturing an agenda.

I don't agree with those warrants and using a battering ram through the front door.  They should wait till the suspect leaves the home to do the arrest. Hopefully those tactics will change. However, I do believe they announced themselves loudly as proclaimed, and this guy shot knowing he was shooting at cops. Once he shot the guy in the leg they were justified.  In this particular case I don't think any cops should go to jail. [/quote]

I feel like this all could have been avoided if handled differently. But my husband reminded me of the time the rental house on our street was raided at 4am by SWAT with what looked like armored vehicles and dozens of police in special uniforms with big guns drawn.

We got a robocall on our home phone (dating myself here...probably 2003 or 2004) directing us to stay inside away from windows due to a police incident on our street. We immediately looked outside and saw the police assembling before ramming down the door.

It was a rental with young people. The primary renters were white Brazilians. They were obviously dealing drugs out of the house. A few weeks prior to the raid, I was playing in the front yard with my toddler and chatting with an elderly neighbor who stopped by during her walk when two young guys who had parked farther down the street approached the house. I noticed one guy adjusting his waist and saw a gun. That confirmed our suspicions.

They took everyone out of the house in handcuffs. No shots fired. They left a young mom and toddler behind.

The whole scene was shocking. And I suppose it could have gone very differently if someone pulled a gun.

This was MoCo btw. 20906. [/quote]

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