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Charles Barkley's Truthful Comments About Breonna Taylor Shooting Spark Backlash(RuhRoh!)
townhall.com ^ | 9/25/2020 | Bronson Stocking

Posted on 09/25/2020 7:48:38 AM PDT by rktman

The truth matters, at least it appears to with Charles Barkley. The basketball legend is once again speaking out, this time about the police shooting of Breonna Taylor. While essentially everyone else in the sports community is afraid to say anything that deviates one millimeter from the Black Lives Matter narrative, Barkley appears to know some of the details leading up to Taylor's death and isn't afraid to share his thoughts.

On Thursday night during the TNT pregame show for game four of the Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets, Barkley told Shaquille O'Neal that he does not consider the death of Breonna Taylor to be in the same vein as other high-profile shootings.

Turns out the detectives had good reason to suspect Taylor and her boyfriend were involved in the drug business and were able to obtain a warrant to search Taylor's apartment. After the police knocked on the door and announced their entry, Taylor's boyfriend began shooting at the officers, striking one officer in the leg. The police returned fire and Taylor was shot and killed in the gun battle.

Sad that a young woman lost her life, but her boyfriend didn't seem to care about her life when he began firing his weapon at police officers.

"And I just feel bad that the young lady lost her life," Barkley continued. "But we do have to take into account that her boyfriend shot at the cops and shot a cop. So like I say, even though I am really sorry she lost her life, I just don't think we can put this in the same situation as George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
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Thanks Charles. The gf thing was not a shooting. Can't include that one if that is the theme.
1 posted on 09/25/2020 7:48:38 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Barkley never hesitated to speak out. Lots more of us should do the same.


2 posted on 09/25/2020 7:53:05 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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The BLM picked the wrong horse and is now stuck with it.

Karmic.


3 posted on 09/25/2020 7:54:52 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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I disagree with Charles most of the time but do respect him


4 posted on 09/25/2020 7:54:53 AM PDT by bjcoop
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Announcing entry might be insufficient to a man sound asleep at 1am.

The police would need to shout repeatedly to ensure their safety.


5 posted on 09/25/2020 7:57:17 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Shaq, too.

“Shaquille O’Neal agreed with Barkley’s assessment.”


6 posted on 09/25/2020 7:57:29 AM PDT by conservative98
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I always confuse him with Gnarls Barkley.

“I remember, I remember when I lost my mind. There was somewthing so pleasant about that place. ...”


7 posted on 09/25/2020 7:59:41 AM PDT by DannyTN
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“Announcing entry might be insufficient to a man sound asleep at 1am.“

This really is an important point. The way my house is set up i would not hear this initially and probably just pump a shotgun through the door at the rukus outside as suggested by Biden.


8 posted on 09/25/2020 8:02:10 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (Wht then small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: rktman

REPEAT:

1. THE POLICE KNOCKED and ANNOUNCED THEY WERE POLICE SEVERAL TIMES.

2. THE BOYFRIEND OPENED FIRE ON POLICE.


9 posted on 09/25/2020 8:05:07 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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Two men, Attorney General Daniel Cameron explaining how the media got the story all wrong, giving radicals, thugs, BLM and antifa a reason to riot and now Charles Barkley giving his opinion as to the truth about the demise of Breonna Taylor should stop the mayhem...( And no amount of identity politics can stop the crackup of a movement that has lost its mind and its brakes.)
10 posted on 09/25/2020 8:05:15 AM PDT by yoe (Vote for President Trump!..Keep America Great and protected by the US. Constitution.)
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I feel the same sympathy for Breonna that I would for her had she drank too much, drove fast and accidentally hit a tree. I would be sympathetic, but not blame the booze, car or tree.

She made stupid decisions. She had one drug dealer boyfriend that the police were after, enough to have her apartment and name on the warrant. Then she moved onto another loser who shot at the police, AFTER they had identified themselves. The police are no more guilty than the alcohol, fast car and tree.


11 posted on 09/25/2020 8:06:45 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (Aim low, avoid disappointment.)
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“probably just pump a shotgun through the door at the ruckus outside as suggested by Biden.”

You forgot the /s tag, right?


12 posted on 09/25/2020 8:06:54 AM PDT by dsc (Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men.)
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I just don't think we can put this in the same situation as George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery.

NO, its not comparable to George Floyd, except that its an equally phony narrative.

George Floyd at 11 nanograms of Fentanyl in his blood. An appropriate amount for hospital analgesic purposes is 0.6-2.0 nanograms. He also had 19 ng of methamphetamines in his blood, which indicates he had taken the a large dose within a few hours of his death.

Also from the autopsy: No injuries of anterior muscles of neck or laryngeal structures were found.

Floyd also had 90% blocked right coronary artery and 75% blocked other arteries.

https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/documents/floyd-autopsy-6-3-20.pdf

13 posted on 09/25/2020 8:07:18 AM PDT by PGR88
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Speaking on “NBA on TNT,” the former Auburn University standout turned NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley also dismissed recent efforts to defund the police.

“You know, I hear these fools on TV talking about ‘defund the police’ and things like that. We need police reform and prison reform and things like that.

Because you know, who ain’t gonna defund the cops? White neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods.

So that notion they keep saying that - I’m like, wait a minute.

Who are Black people supposed to call? Ghostbusters? We need police reform.

Like I say, white people — especially rich white people — they’re always gonna have cops, so we need to stop that ‘defund’ or ‘abolish the cops’ crap,” he said.

https://www.al.com/news/2020/09/charles-barkley-blasts-defunding-police-who-are-black-people-supposed-to-callghostbusters.html


14 posted on 09/25/2020 8:09:00 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The only thing worse than COVID-19 is Biden-20!)
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So, why isn’t the boyfriend charged with “unintended homicide” or “causing a death during a felony” or what ever the State statute is?


15 posted on 09/25/2020 8:12:06 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Scatology is serendipitous.)
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She made stupid decisions.

She rented a car in December 2016, then used by the same boyfriend, in which a man was found murdered - shot 8 times - along with bags of drugs and her rental contract in the glove box.

Stupid only very partially describes Breonna Taylor

16 posted on 09/25/2020 8:13:22 AM PDT by PGR88
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Announcing entry might be insufficient to a man sound asleep at 1am. The police would need to shout repeatedly to ensure their safety.

Allegedly, the banging on the door and their announcing themselves as cops was so loud that is woke up the neighbors. Part of the Grand Jury testimony was sworn statements by neighbors.

17 posted on 09/25/2020 8:15:37 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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To: SaxxonWoods

BLM couldnt care less. These are excuses for rioting not reasons.


18 posted on 09/25/2020 8:16:14 AM PDT by joshua c
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The way my house is set up i would not hear this initially and probably just pump a shotgun through the door at the rukus outside as suggested by Biden.

lol. Biden suggested taking a double barreled shot gun to the balcony and firing it in the air to scare off intruders. If you are going to follow Biden's advice, make sure you follow it to the letter. "C'mon, Man."

19 posted on 09/25/2020 8:19:14 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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I didn’t know this. She’s more stupid than I thought. Likely criminal, birds of a feather and all.


20 posted on 09/25/2020 8:28:25 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (Aim low, avoid disappointment.)
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