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Breaking - Grand jury decides to indict police officer involved in Breonna Taylor’s death
https://www.wsaz.com ^ | 09.23.2020 | WSAZ News Staff

Posted on 09/23/2020 10:38:26 AM PDT by rxsid

Grand jury decides to indict police officer involved in Breonna Taylor’s death

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WSAZ) - More than six months after Breonna Taylor was shot by Louisville police officers during a no-knock warrant, a grand jury has decided to charge one of the officers in the case.

Detective Brett Hankison was indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment. Hankison will be booked on a $15,000 cash only bond.

The other two officers involved were not charged.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antifa; blacklivesmatter; blm; breonnataylor; bretthankison; jonmattingly; kentucky; louisville; mylescosgrove; riots
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To: ripnbang

I’m not casting judgment. However, the charged officer better have a justifiable reason as to why he emptied his magazine of 10 rounds from outside the apartment through an upstairs window. I give the police a ton of grace, and my comments on this case and others show that. But this officer’s actions appear to have been reckless (blindly shooting through a window). Again, it’s a probation case, as nobody was injured by his bullets.


141 posted on 09/24/2020 9:27:20 AM PDT by bort
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let’s see if i can wade through some of this

1. taylor was associating with known drug dealers, but there was no proof that taylor herself did anything illegal.

2. the warrant application was for a no-knock warrant, but the granted warrant was a knock warrant.

3. the officers were either not wearing body cameras or they were wearing body cameras that had not been turned on or the videos have been destroyed. plainclothes officers not required to wear body cameras.

4. evidence of whether the officers announced themselves prior to breaking in the door is weak.

5. kentucky is a stand your ground state.

6. taylor’s boyfriend stood his ground.

7. the officers are innocent until proven guilty and proving them guilty might be difficult.

8. taylor’s mother settled out of court.

9. no forensics have been released on the fatal bullet(s).

observations and conclusions

1. lots of bad laws, mostly concerning no-knock and body cameras.

2. forensics should be performed on taylor in case the officer firing through the window fired one of the fatal bullets

3. without working body cameras and video no one will ever be able to prove whether officers announced themselves properly.

i still do not understand how taylor could die from officer gunshots since she is a bystander, and for all anyone seems to be able to know, could have been a hostage. aren’t police trained not to shoot hostages? how did the police know taylor was not a hostage?

how did the bf get time to dial 911 during a gun battle with police?


142 posted on 09/24/2020 9:34:53 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: euclid216

As far as I know, Ken Walker fired one shot only and hit an officer in the thigh and then dropped to the ground.

I think think this is how Ms Taylor got shot, instead of him. She was too slow to understand what was going on and to drop to the ground.


143 posted on 09/24/2020 11:09:16 AM PDT by Valpal1
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