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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
And therein lies the discrepancy.
There are many who believe there are two separate justice systems for black offenders and white offenders.
There are many who believe there are two separate systems for engagement for black offenders and white offenders.
The current systems are only a slightly abridged versions of their racist origins - as a matter of fact police forces first came about as slave patrols tasked with chasing down runaways and preventing slave revolts.
These racial inequalities in our justice system and in law enforcement are long past overdue for a good old fashioned overhaul.[/quote]

Couldn't agree more, but this is not the case to make the point.[/quote]

And what if it takes several years before the perfect case comes along?
What if dozens each year die before the Perfect Black Citizen Unjustifiably Murdered By Police makes headlines?
Do people have to just accept getting choked out and shot in the back and killed sleeping in their own bed by the police in the meantime and bid their time until a sweet Rosa Parks type gets murdered to provide justification for reform?

Oh and FYI: Rosa Parks was chosen to refuse to sit in the back of the bus to spark civil rights reform in that era.
How exactly are Blacks supposed to chose who gets killed by the police with regard to pushing for reform in policing?
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I thought the grand jury details indicate she was shot in the hallway, not in bed? And she was shot after her BF opened fire on the cops? [/quote]

She was shot in the hallway of her individual apartment unit, near the entrance to her bedroom.

Her boyfriend - not the ex-boyfriend who was a criminal - fired first because he was standing his ground in what he thought was a home invasion.

Please note: the boyfriend who shot a police officer in the leg [b]was not charged with any crime[/b]. He was legally allowed to fire upon the officer.[/quote]

The boyfriend was arrested few weeks later after the shooting and charged with unrelated possession with intent to distribute controlled substance. [/quote]

She sure had a knack for hanging out with upstanding citizens![/quote]

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