Posted on 09/23/2020 4:41:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
People gather in Jefferson Square awaiting word on charges against police officers, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
As Red State reported here, earlier today the Kentucky Attorney General, David Cameron, announced that the three Louisville Police Department officers would not face charges specifically connected to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020, during the execution of a search warrant for her apartment. One officer was charged with a Class “D” felony for discharging his firearm in a wantonly dangerous manner in that he did not have any specific target identified, and rounds fired by him penetrated the common walls between apartments and entered an adjoining apartment.
Within minutes after the decision was announced, protests began to organize on the streets of Louisville, with community agitation having been stoked for months by BLM and left-wing agitators who have continually misrepresented what happened on the night Taylor was shot. Some of the most egregious and flagrant mischaracterizations claimed she was shot while sleeping in her bed in a quasi-execution style attack by the police. This distorted misinformation has been amplified by media outlets notwithstanding the fact that various items of actual evidence from the investigation — including nearly 1200 crime scene photographs — were released to the press. Witnesses interviewed by various media outlets have also contradicted the distortions of the episode, but with little impact on those who don’t really care to know the actual facts.
In anticipation that this would be the announcement, the Mayor of Louisville issued an emergency declaration yesterday, and the Kentucky National Guard appeared in Louisville ahead of the announcements. Members of the Louisville Police Department and other nearby agencies have also taken steps to cordon off certain areas of the City in an effort to keep protesters in a defined geographic area in order to better maintain crowd-control and minimize the chances of “rioting” developing as part of the protests.
Remember that Kentucky is an “open carry” state, and just a couple weeks ago at the Kentucky Derby, you had a large contingent of BLM supporters appear at Churchill Downs carrying long guns to “protect” the protesters there that day. It’s likely that there will be firearms displayed at some point today/tonight.
But as shown below, only so much could be done, and “rioters” are determined to have their day. Several video-streamers are on the scene, and below are some of the earliest videos that are becoming available.
LOUISVILLE – National Guard has arrived pic.twitter.com/KOagIkH2vd
— FJ News Reporter (@FJNewsReporter) September 23, 2020
Some of these early images seem to be from a residential area. I have no information as to where, or why they started there, but it would be logical to assume the original protests might have come near the apartment building where Taylor was killed.
Massive crowd on the move now through the neighborhoods of east Louisville #Louisville #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/sKUV0WBOf2
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 23, 2020
Protesters have organized a full front line now as they move through the streets #Louisville #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/WHmiwVM2DU
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 23, 2020
One person shouted at Louisville police, “All y’all get ready to fucking die!” pic.twitter.com/dTHVDeKjCT
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) September 23, 2020
Protesters storm a restaurant and begin throwing tables and chairs on the outdoor patio #Louisville #LouisvilleProtest #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/yYukW8b3FG
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 23, 2020
BREAKING – LOUISVILLE – Rioters surround Business owner guarding his business, and start banging and smashing the windows
(📸@BGOnTheScene) pic.twitter.com/bn8kwFjSGa
— FJ News Reporter (@FJNewsReporter) September 23, 2020
BREAKING VIDEO: Around 40-45 seconds in this video, the scene turns to hell#Louisvilleprotest pic.twitter.com/Z5WT56l0D5
— FJ News Reporter (@FJNewsReporter) September 23, 2020
Massive crowd confronting #Louisville police line pic.twitter.com/9hcwM4hPEQ
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) September 23, 2020
BREAKING VIDEO – Current scenes in Louisville as Police go after demonstrators; Multiple arrests made pic.twitter.com/3qVpvseIYD
— FJ News Reporter (@FJNewsReporter) September 23, 2020
Arrests being made in #Louisville after a crowd of hundreds confronted a police line in riot gear pic.twitter.com/24gRRGIPwc
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) September 23, 2020
one officer was charged
If ONLY Blacks would WORK THIS HARD AT A JOB INSTEAD OF RIOTING AND LOOTING!!
Heck, most of these people are well-off young whites who are using some low-end black idiots to act out their rage play and maybe get more money from mommy.
But there were charges.
If only patriots would show up in overwhelming numbers and unmercifully kick the crap out of the leftists.
did these rioters not get the memo that the city pre-paid her family $12 large?
what more justice do they want when the cops were shot at first (strange that the gun ended up under the bed, but that’s another story)
[If ONLY Blacks would WORK THIS HARD AT A JOB INSTEAD OF RIOTING AND LOOTING!!]
Well, that will bring her back, right?
Facts be damned ... let’s burn stuff!!
I think no knock raids should be eliminated.
Wait for the suspects to leave the premises, then arrest and search.
Too many no knock raids go sideways.
There is much more instant gratification from burning, looting and murdering.
Well yeah, but not for matters relating to Ms. Taylor’s death.
So the city has to burn, because “no justice, no peace” or something like that.
Shoot. Flat screens will be out of stock by 9
They were going to riot no matter what was announced.
Turns out it was not a no knock warrant/raid and Breanna’s name was also on the warrant and the cops did identify themselves. Funny how the news people never mentioned all that.
Because they've got the city shut down pretty tight. It's resident's turn tonight and KY is pro 2nd so some rioters might get shot tonight.
This should prove interesting, since while the governor and lt. governor, and the mayor of Louisville are Democrats, the Attorney General and the legislature are strongly Republican.
They have not dallied in getting the police and national guard ready for this, so if they have a free hand, the riot should be short lived.
Kentucky is also for the most part gun friendly, so it will be interesting to see if the citizenry take up arms to defend themselves.
Mob rule.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.