Felony charges dismissed against ex-officers charged in Breonna Taylor raid
Felony charges dismissed against ex-officers charged in Breonna Taylor raid
Former police officers Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany were previously charged by federal prosecutors in Taylor's death.
Judge Simpson said that "there is no direct link between the warrantless entry and Taylor's death."
What?! How does that make any sense? If the cops didn’t illegally enter her apartment without a warrant, Breonna would still be alive today. Cause meet effect. How is that not a direct link?
I think the opinion (as bad as it is) is that if the warrant was good the judge thinks the exact same thing would have happened. So the fact that these assholes knowingly lied to get the warrant isn't a "direct link".
To me making that argument kind of signals that no-knock warrants shouldn't be a thing at all if you accept that an innocent would die either way because it's so fucked up....and on top of that the cops still clearly caused this by lying because this isn't a case of good warrant vs bad warrant - this is a case of bad warrant vs no warrant and Breonna still being alive.
In the ruling, Judge Simpson said that Taylor's cause of death was due to a gunshot fired by her boyfriend at the police and not a bad warrant.
Jesus Christ
That’s an awfully misleading situation. They state that her boyfriend’s gunshot caused her death, which I think most people would reasonably interpret to mean that her boyfriend shot her in the moment, but what they really mean is that if he hadn’t opened fire on police officers entering their home without prior warning, they wouldn’t have returned fire and killed her.
It also sounds like precedent to excuse cops murdering children.
"Their parents killed them by opening fire at the intruders they didn't know were cops with the gun they legally have to protect their family."
They state that her boyfriend’s gunshot caused her death, which I think most people would reasonably interpret to mean that her boyfriend shot her in the moment, but what they really mean is that if he hadn’t opened fire on police officers entering their home without prior warning, they wouldn’t have returned fire and killed her.
Holy shit that's beyond fucked. How can a judge rule that?
edit: Oh nvm, I just saw who appointed that judge, wow.
This commando raid bullshit has got to stop. How many have died since Breonna? How many more will die? Fucking pigs.
Seriously. Dude was gonna leave the house at some point.
They just feel like as alpha badasses when they kick in a door and scream orders of submission. Fucking cowards
Looks like corruption wins again …. I’m tired boss.
They waited nice and long to do this so people wouldn't notice because her murder was discussed a lot.
What fuckers.
That’s amazing. The bullet that struck the victim was not the cause of death, but the bullet before?
So if an LAPD officer goes to raid someone’s home, and a gangster kills a bystander, the officer is responsible? If he hadn’t gone out for the raid, the gangster would not have fired the weapon?
Wait but if the officers in Taylor’ case didn’t show up to the door, her boyfriend wouldn’t have fired the bullet. So it’s the police fault
This is one of those things that I would hope Harris could speak to right now.
My expectations are unrealistic, though.
Presidential candidates don't like doing risky moves
What ever happened to felony murder?
Bastards in blue exempted.
Is there any way this can get overturned?
No. But they are still on trial for falsifying documentation and civil rights violations.
"She wasn't clear enough on policies"
"I still don't feel like she's ready"
yeah yeah yeah bro whatever.
Charges dismissed does not mean he was found not guilty. They could charge him again. Given what we know, the cops fucked this up. No-knock raids are a death sentence.
I read this and I was not surprise because since October they have been blaming Hamas for the genocide in Gaza, and it seems this form of gaslighting is engrave in USA politics.
Hamas: "Israel didn't announce who they were, so I assumed they were intruders and opened fire. Then they shot back and killed my civilians!"
"We didn't do anything to you this is hamas fault" Blinken, USA
Hate to say it, but I called it back when this happened. Shooting at the cops NEVER gets you an expected outcome.
That being said, the no-knock warrant was the reason the cops got shot at.
The bad warrant was the reason for the no-knock raid.
The judge only stopped looking for root cause at step 1.
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If anyone wants to know what happened, here's an excellent video by NYT with fancy animations: https://youtu.be/lDaNU7yDnsc