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Officers who killed Breonna Taylor should not have fired their weapons, internal investigator finds

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Two Louisville police officers whose shots struck and killed Breonna Taylor never should have fired their weapons, a department investigator found — a conclusion that the force’s upper brass partly rejected.

Although the officers had a right to protect themselves when Taylor’s boyfriend fired at them, the “circumstances made it unsafe to take a single shot” in response, Sgt. Andrew Meyer wrote in a Dec. 4 memo summarizing his investigation.

Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were in darkness at the far end of her apartment’s hallway when the officers broke down the door. Both were wearing all black. Walker moved quickly to hide from the bullets, while Taylor froze in place. Continue reading.

Trump Turns Question About Breonna Taylor Decision Into Self-Praise Session

Considering Donald Trump is not known for being a reader, it’s probably not a surprise that he can be bad at reading a room.

That’s what happened Wednesday when a reporter asked him for his reaction to the decision by a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, to not charge the police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her death.

There are many things a president could have said, such as a statement calling for peace while the process continues or an expression of sympathy to Taylor’s family. Continue reading.

A short history of black women and police violence

Just after midnight on March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, an EMT in Louisville, Kentucky, was shot and killed by police officers who raided her home.

The officers had entered her home without warning as part of a drug raid. The suspect they were seeking was not a resident of the home – and no drugs were ever found.

But when they came through the door unexpectedly, and in plain clothes, police officers were met with gunfire from Taylor’s boyfriend, who was startled by the presence of intruders. In only a matter of minutes, Taylor was dead – shot eight times by police officers. Continue reading.