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'Her boyfriend shot a cop': Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal are attacked on social media for defending police officers who killed Breonna Taylor and blaming her boyfriend who opened fire first
Daily Mail ^ | 16:05 25 Sep 2020 | Chris Pleasance

Posted on 09/25/2020 8:15:50 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal have been accused of defending the Louisville police officers who killed Breonna Taylor and blaming the black EMT's boyfriend for opening fire first.

Barkley and O'Neal were discussing Taylor's death and the decision not to indict any officers in her killing during the TNT pregame show ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets game on Thursday.

Barkley argued that Taylor's death couldn't be compared to the police killing of black man George Floyd because Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker first fired a shot at officers when they entered her apartment with a 'no knock' warrant.

'I don't think this one was like George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery and things like that,' Barkley said.

'I feel sad that this young lady lost her life. I think the no-knock warrant is something we need to get rid of across the board. But we do have to take into account that her boyfriend shot at the cops and shot a cop.'

O'Neal agreed and argued the officers involved were simply 'doing their job' on a warrant signed by a judge.

He also said that he believed the system needed to change.

'You have to get a warrant signed and some states do allow no-knock warrants. Everyone was asking for murder charges,' he said. 'When you talk about murder, you have to show intent. A homicide occurred and we're sorry a homicide occurred.

'When you have a warrant signed by the judge, you are doing your job, and I would imagine that you would fire back.'

O'Neal last year became a deputy in the auxiliary department of Florida's Broward County Sheriff's Office but is not clear what his duties entail. He has previously been sworn in as reserve police officers at departments in California, Florida and Arizona and...

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To: ronniesgal

The race hustler attorney wants the grand jury transcripts released he better be careful what he wishes Bryanna was into drug dealing up to her eyeballs SHE was no saint in this AS USUAL!!! He family received 12 million dollars from the state I wonder how much the race hustler attorney received from this!! This SCUM attorney out there ratcheting the flames really pisses me off, Brianna was a drug dealer and this POS attorney KNOWS that, he also KNOWS the grand jury is secret so him SCREAMING to release the transcript is not possible and does nothing but fan the flames!!


21 posted on 09/25/2020 9:32:41 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: I want the USA back

Is there justice?

Justice. We don’t need no stinking justice.


22 posted on 09/25/2020 9:36:50 AM PDT by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Kentucky is a 'castle doctrine' state.

There is a clear conflict in a state that is both a 'castle doctrine and a no knock warrant' state.

You cannot have both, and I'll take the castle doctrine over the no knock warrant state.

I don't know how any legal eagle can reconcile the no knock warrant with the 4th Amendment.

That gives the gummint too much power.

23 posted on 09/25/2020 9:39:48 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: grobdriver
What you said, so true.
"While the department had received court approval for a “no-knock” entry, the orders were changed before the raid to “knock and announce”, meaning that the police had to identify themselves."

There are a handful of hard-core anti-police trolls who are retirement-bored and/or drinkers that have their heads jammed straight up their juxy.

24 posted on 09/25/2020 10:26:27 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (I've got your Third Rail of Politics right here.)
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To: ronniesgal
"This stuff happens- and if she had been shot by another dealer no one would know, or be protesting."

Oh, it would have been inevitable. The irony here is that the major Aug. 20 NYT article was loaded with damning info that ripped the halo straight off St. Bre, before the GJ convened. *ahem*

"Court records show that Mr. Glover was convicted of selling cocaine and spent years in prison, starting in 2008 in his home state of Mississippi, where he was handed a 17-year sentence. In 2014, after moving to Kentucky, he was convicted of a second drug offense. He began dating Ms. Taylor in 2016, according to a statement he gave the police.

That December, a favor he asked of her (Bre) — renting a car and lending it to him — ensnared her in a murder inquiry. A man was found slumped over the wheel, eight bullets riddling his body. Inside the car were three baggies of drugs and Ms. Taylor’s rental contract, court records show."


25 posted on 09/25/2020 10:33:43 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (I've got your Third Rail of Politics right here.)
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To: montag813
She wasn’t an EMT. She was fired in 2017..

I've heard this also - has it been verified?

26 posted on 09/25/2020 12:54:36 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

FTA: I think the no-knock warrant is something we need to get rid of across the board.

We also need to get rid of people who have a dead body in the trunk of their rental car. Oh right, we did : )


27 posted on 09/25/2020 1:47:37 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The two of you appear to be stand up guys, but you are taking the wrong approach.

You should be directing your attention to the Media, Hollywood and the Democrats for SPREADING FEAR AND LIES to the Black Community, TELL THEM THEY ARE STUPID for Believing the PRESS and the DEMOCRAT PARTY, and have been LIED to Repeatedly by everyone they look up to, to keep them scared and stupid and making them dependent on the Democrats to just live their lives.


28 posted on 09/25/2020 2:10:04 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Inspectorette
Saint Breonna's LinkedIn.

After dropping out of the University of Kentucky, she found a job with the City of Louisville from Jan16 - Nov16, in training. She was an EMT from Jun16 - Nov16. Five months. Five. Freaking. Months.

She called in her resignation on Nov 16. Called it in.

"The documents show she'd called that November and resigned. A termination form also has a box checked stating do not rehire."

Additionally, WAVE3 reported more embarassing details surrounding Saint Breonna's termination that were erased and memory-holed in 12 hours. Suffice it to say, she was booted from emergency service technician work with LouMetro EMS. Permanently.

Relatives said after Saint Breonna's firing as an EMT, she had worked 2 hospitals as as ER techician, pulling graveyard shifts.

However, Bianca Austin, Taylor’s aunt, said Walker had just accepted a job to work at UPS.

UPS? UPS pays max $12 hr to start for box slingers - they have exactly one nurse on staff, so St. B was be slinging boxes. ER techs with EMT cert should be making $18-$20 in Louisville hospitals and even more for overnight shifts.

29 posted on 09/25/2020 2:44:07 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (I've got your Third Rail of Politics right here.)
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To: LottieDah
Taylor’s boyfriend shot a cop and then used her as a human shield. Why was he not charged?

Well this is the first I've heard that he was using her as a shield. Your source?

And he isn't charged because he claimed self-defense; what would you do if someone broke into your house at midnight? Would you not shoot to end the threat right away? He even stated he thought it was the ex-boyfriend breaking in, he didn't know it was real cops. Hell, even if he saw them first, they used a bunch of PLAINSCLOTHES officers to break in, so yea... They're lucky no one else was around to fight the three unknown guys breaking into the apartment.
30 posted on 09/26/2020 11:09:17 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: Inspectorette
I've heard this also - has it been verified?

The family confirmed she was currently an ER tech working at two local hospitals. Had hopes to go to school and study to become a nurse.

She was an EMT for a couple months several years ago, but nothing I've seen clearly states whether she quit, or if she was fired.
31 posted on 09/26/2020 11:11:41 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: StAnDeliver
However, Bianca Austin, Taylor’s aunt, said Walker had just accepted a job to work at UPS.

UPS? UPS pays max $12 hr to start for box slingers - they have exactly one nurse on staff, so St. B was be slinging boxes. ER techs with EMT cert should be making $18-$20 in Louisville hospitals and even more for overnight shifts.


Well the first part of your post is new info to me, good to know. But I just want to point out that Walker, the UPS hire, is the boyfriend, not Breonna. Her last name was Taylor.
32 posted on 09/26/2020 11:16:11 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: Svartalfiar; Inspectorette

Ah, well looking at the last post before mine, StAnDeliver has a link that shows she resigned from her EMT job, and her packet has a “Do not rehire” mark. The city, however, declines to say exactly why she has that, but from my experience usually that means one of two things: you either resigned just before the company fired you, or you had a boss you personally didn’t get along with.


33 posted on 09/26/2020 11:19:45 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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