Current Events > Police cancel vacations; prepare for Breonna Taylor decision

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-cancel-vacations-prepare-breonna-taylor-decision-73153191

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville, Kentucky, police said Monday that they had canceled vacations and were setting up barricades in preparation for the state attorney general's announcement about whether he will charge officers in Breonna Taylor's shooting death.

A statement from the department said all requests for vacation and days off were being canceled until further notice as the city awaits Attorney General Daniel Cameron's announcement. It is important to note that (Cameron) has said there is no timetable for the announcement, the statement added.
Cameron said earlier this month that an investigation, if done properly, cannot follow a certain timeline."

When the investigation concludes and a decision is made, we will provide an update about an announcement, he said.

Taylor, an emergency medical worker, was shot eight times on March 13 by officers who entered her home using a no-knock warrant during a narcotics investigation. The warrant used was connected to a suspect who did not live there, and no drugs were found inside. The use of no-knock warrants has since been banned by Louisvilles Metro Council.

Large protests over Taylors death that at times became violent erupted in late May in the city but most demonstrations since then have been peaceful, including a massive march outside the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. Celebrities, athletes, activists and Taylors family have for months pushed Cameron to criminally charge the officers involved in the raid.

Last week, the city of Louisville settled a lawsuit from Taylors family for $12 million and pledged several police reforms as part of the agreement.
Police said in the statement that they are erecting some barricades in the downtown area. Many of the protests have been at a downtown park and city hall.
Federal officials have closed the federal courthouse and other federal buildings for the week.

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The main one will probably get some time and the other two will get fired. Is the judge getting charged?

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Those cops are about to walk free. This is bullshit.

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If the decision isn't all of them jailed for decades there will be protests, rightfully so.
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Bishop9800 posted...

Those cops are about to walk free. This is bullshit.

I haven't followed this but I've seen the "anti cop" points. What are the "pro cop" points on this one?

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I guess the pro cop points is not really pro cop. The law says things, it's how it is. The laws need to be changed to begin real relief


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My opinions on what shluod happen to the officers and the AG if they don't press charges is definitely moddable

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Smackems posted...

I haven't followed this but I've seen the "anti cop" points. What are the "pro cop" points on this one?

It was a bad circumstance rather than malintent.

The officers did a no knock raid in plain-clothes, Taylor's boyfriend fired a gun and hit one officer, officers fire back and hit Taylor.

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Smackems posted...

I haven't followed this but I've seen the "anti cop" points. What are the "pro cop" points on this one?

"We should be able to execute no knock raids, not identify ourselves, then fire wildly into a residence without regard for who else might be in there when we get shot at for not identifying ourselves as cops".

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My mom says if her boyfriend pulled a gun they had every right to shoot back. Let's forget they were plain clothes and knocked the door down at 2 in the morning, no, it was the boyfriend who was at fault.
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Duncanwii posted...

My mom says if her boyfriend pulled a gun they had every right to shoot back. Let's forget they were plain clothes and knocked the door down at 2 in the morning, no, it was the boyfriend who was at fault.

Duncan....don't

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Duncanwii posted...

My mom says if her boyfriend pulled a gun they had every right to shoot back. Let's forget they were plain clothes and knocked the door down at 2 in the morning, no, it was the boyfriend who was at fault.

Your mom is wrong
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Duncanwii posted...

My mom says if her boyfriend pulled a gun they had every right to shoot back. Let's forget they were plain clothes and knocked the door down at 2 in the morning, no, it was the boyfriend who was at fault.

Among other things, this really just exposes the absolutely pathetic weakness of the second amendment. It cannot do the one thing it was meant to do because having a gun is used by the state to justify anything the cops do you.

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ssj3vegeta2 posted...

Your mom is wrong

I told her what if they were gang members instead of police, or burglars, they are just supposed to let them steal/and or kill them because they might be police in disguise? Get away from me with that shit.
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