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Dude, I have found zero evidence of that. If true, I invite you to back that assertion with a link to a) an arrest record, b) a criminal conviction or even c) a warrant for her arrest.
Associating with a drug dealer is not a criminal offense, nor does it deserve a death penalty.
This black woman caused her own death.
As usual, they want to cry victim. Enough.
Even if she was, some of us are of the opinion that drugs should be legalized. Its just an excuse for Government control and police excess.
You have a natural right to put whatever you want into your body. Its YOUR body!!!
Then arrest her.
Don' serve a warrant with a freaking SWAT team in the middle of the night. Grab her when she goes out to get in her car.
TRYING??!? It's the BLM agenda! They're up-front that their agenda is consequence-free living for black people.None of this matters anyways, the guy could have kidnapped a child a no (legit) no knock happens, a brown third party dies, and then all these BLM/antifa twats will still lose their shit over everything.
One consistent theme I'm seeing is all of these people that BLM defends, are either shitbags or directly connected to shitbags.
There are literally DOZENS of innocent people in bad police shootings, but somehow or another BLM is not calling for blood in regards to those people. It's like they're trying to normalize
scumbags and insisting that scumbags should be immune from police action. WTAF?
It would be a waste of time if the boyfriend at the trap house sees the arrest and has time to flush the powder. Can't really build a case that way. I agree with you that all drugs should be legal.
Present your evidence. No, don't tell me to do my research: show us what you have. And I don't mean what some anonymous source on the internet claims.Dude, she was a coke dealer.
She should be a martyr for everyone who gives a damn about the Constitution and due process, but too many people who claim to be "constitutional conservatives" are eager to run away. After all, it's a black woman whose former boyfriend dealt drugs, so she doesn't really count.And the battle rages on...another martyr for the left...and the fire continues to be fueled.
Nobody said she deserved to die. We said she's hanging out with people who get in a lot of trouble with the law and also have a history of violence. Thats poor life choices that usually lead to poor life outcome.
I agree with this. In an ideal world this situation is never created.
My commentary here is rooted in the reality we live in, not the libertarian dream I have.
Since when does you making poor choices excuse others for also making poor choices? For someone who is usually strongly in favor of castle doctrine and against the drug war, excusing the death of someone who was not a threat to police who were breaking into her apartment in search for drugs that weren't there, this is surprising.
I don't think the officer should be charged for executing a warrant and getting shot at first.
Beyond stopping the WoD, there is nothing else to be done here.
There's a lot to be done. Like basic surveillance and investigating before kicking in a door in the middle of the night. If you supported castle doctrine you wouldn't support middle of the night raids and would think those doing them should be held accountable when they kill someone in their own home who isn't even a threat. Your position here is incongruent.
I wonder if the DA who was leading the grand jury around by the noseWhich is an indictment of the grand jury itself. The police acted in an obviously criminal manner. With utter disregard who may have gotten caught in the crossfire.
Some people have the foresight to place motion-activated alarm sensors outside their home,Also, if cops knock, and announce in the middle of the night, what are the chances you will hear them if you are sleeping? Your door coming down will be the first thing you hear.
If I read the New York Times article correctlyEven if she was, some of us are of the opinion that drugs should be legalized. Its just an excuse for Government control and police excess.Associating with a drug dealer is not a criminal offense, nor does it deserve a death penalty.
You have a natural right to put whatever you want into your body. Its YOUR body!!!
This should not be a big mystery.Have you ever seen a low-level drug dealer who had no drugs? There were none in that apartment, nor in their cars.
Puh-leeze.She was employed full time as an emergency room technician, and hospitals tend to frown on employees being involved in illegal drugs.
They banned no-knock raids. You know, the kind of raid this wasn't...They already banned the raids in response to this.
I wonder if the DA who was leading the grand jury around by the nose
used some kind of Bene Gesserit/Obi-Wan
"these aren't the droids you're looking for" Voice
to ensure that all those "obviously criminal" acts weren't indicted?
Or did the grand jury decide that the RoE when a search warrant raiding party
starts takes gunfire from the room they've already entered
is a little different from the way we'd be judged?
Note also that the one cop who is getting jacked up for overpenetration
may not even have begun to play the QI Card...
Some people have the foresight to place motion-activated alarm sensors outside their home,
that notifies them that Ding! Fries Are Done without alerting an intruder that they've been made.
Forget steel-reinforced doors, etc.
There must be drug houses which can never be caught unawares
because of motion alarms and webcams...
(Which kind of argues against forced entry raids as time goes on).
It's ironic that the more one lives a life that may get The Man's attention,
the more likely that one's not gonna get surprised by a raid.
(Discounted by the factor that Criminals Are Stupid).
If I read the New York Times article correctly
the dealers she'd been helping for many seasons
were caught that night with:
You know, that powder that in trace amounts can kill faster than ricin?
- Pot,
- Crack,
- "Prescription pills", and...
- ...wait for it...
- Fentanyl
How many years before Mass. legalizes recreational fentanyl?
(Well, more than they already have).
This should not be a big mystery.
The NYT article even lists the street addresses of all the vacant buildings
that the dealers rotated their stock through in a shell game.
The city had adopted a deliberate policy of targeting places
that supported inordinate amounts of crime, and was actually
was halfway through the process of taking (and razing?) them.
In fact, Taylor got caught up in the investigation precisely because
the dealers she was aiding and abetting were operating on a craptastic street
that had bubbled to the top of the list - just the luck of the draw.
Puh-leeze.
Hospitals have incredible problems with doctors and nurses addicted to drugs.
Long before Hollywood got around to making it a strategic plot issue in "House, M.D.".
Substance Abuse Among Doctors: Key Statistics
They banned no-knock raids. You know, the kind of raid this wasn't...
Just like they ban standard capacity magazines to fight revolver crimes.
The story I'd first heard was that the warrant was granted as a no-knock,This was a no knock. The cops voluntarily knocked because they wanted Breonna to come out.
Yep.I get it. I'd like there to be a lpt of things we don't have. In this single case, I don't see a fault here that can be prosecuted.
SMH... would you still be saying this if it were your own daughter??This black woman caused her own death.
As usual, they want to cry victim. Enough.
Why is it our responsibility to educate you? Go educate yourself.
Even if she was, some of us are of the opinion that drugs should be legalized. Its just an excuse for Government control and police excess.
You have a natural right to put whatever you want into your body. Its YOUR body!!!
Hahaha.... this whole incident didn't age well. People bought the initial media portrayal of her story hook, line, and sinker
They did some basic police work and found out that he rented a storage locker near his home. So they had the locker place call him and tell him it had been broken into and to come down to check it out. Bulger drove down there, got out of his car and was swarmed by 20 cops in the parking lot.
My Daughter wouldn't be dating a career drug running criminal. My Daughter wouldn't be filmed at known drug houses. My Daughter wouldn't be allowing ex boyfriends to use her home as drug drop off sites.SMH... would you still be saying this if it were your own daughter??
That is correct. No knock warrants were and are the result of the "war on drugs" Now certainly that topic alone is worthy of its own mega-thread so I won't start it here. Anyway, for whatever reason the police decided to knock and announce "Police, open the door" What I have read, and who knows, is that the Police believed she was alone and she would come to the door. BEFORE they broke down the door her current boyfriend fired a shot through the closed door striking the officer in the leg. Now under future BLM laws the Police will now be required to, at that point, to announce "we are sorry to bother you, we will move along now"...........but the laws in place that night I'm pretty sure were that shooting at Police through a closed door would result in a forced entry. The boyfriend stated nobody announced anything and that has been proved false by neighbors who heard the Police announce themselves. The boyfriend also originally stated the Police broke down the door and he fired. He did change his story to the correct one, he fired through a closed door. After that logical and reasonable hopes and expectations were long gone.This was a no knock. The cops voluntarily knocked because they wanted Breonna to come out.
I get it. I'd like there to be a lpt of things we don't have. In this single case, I don't see a fault here that can be prosecuted.
But “not illegal” should not mean “immune from criticism.” Part of the problem was Cameron himself, who was selective in what information he released to the point of misleading the public about key facts in the case. (This raises real questions about whether the grand jury was also misled. That’s why an attorney for Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker, who fired at the police during the raid, is demanding that Cameron release the evidence that was presented to the grand jury.)
Furthermore, Taylor’s death was not, as Cameron suggested, simply a tragedy for which no one is to blame. The police work in this case was sloppy, and the warrant service was reckless. Taylor is dead because of a cascade of errors, bad judgment and dereliction of duty. And it’s important that the record on this be clear. So here are some correctives for the misinformation I’ve seen online:
No one has been following this case more closely than Radley Balko and if you're not acquainted with his coverage, you can't really claim to be well informed. The most recent is here: Correcting the misinformation about Breonna Taylor.
Wow, just f***ing wow. This thread has really gone south and now we're blaming the victims are we? The bottom line here is that two people who were doing, and had done, nothing wrong, were violently assaulted by the police and one of them is dead.
No one has been following this case more closely than Radley Balko and if you're not acquainted with his coverage, you can't really claim to be well informed. The most recent is here: Correcting the misinformation about Breonna Taylor.
Balko is clearly no fan of President Trump, so now we should simply write him off as a typical leftest media Antifa sympathizer even if we've praised his work in the past.....
I understand what you're saying. My mother always said choose your friends wisely. It just sounded harsh. Yes we all make mistakes, yes times are tough, but it's just disheartening that it ended the way it did. Whether her boyfriend opened fire or not or sold drugs, I don't think she deserved to die that way.My Daughter wouldn't be dating a career drug running criminal. My Daughter wouldn't be filmed at known drug houses. My Daughter wouldn't be allowing ex boyfriends to use her home as drug drop off sites.
Breonna Taylor put herself in the situation that drew law enforcement attention. The warrant was issued for 100% accurate reasons. Her current boyfriend made the decision to open fire. Her and his actions created a volatile situation that led to the wild scene that night. It is a shame that she made decisions that led to the Police going there that night. Gunfire erupts in total darkness WTF did you think was going to happen.