Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced that the Justice Department has charged four former and current Louisville police officers in connection to the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed by officers carrying out a search warrant in her home.
Possible justice at last! Thank you DOJ. I wonder if they could do something against that McConnell’s pet D.A. who rigged the original case?
This is good news and maybe justice for Breonna’s death will finally happen. The DOJ under Merrick Garland deserves a ton of credit here.
I hope the outcome will be more than a parking ticket for the officers considering Ms Taylor is dead.
Just randomly firing shots into a window that had a closed curtain or shade. This guy is damn lucky that no one else was killed. Just a brainless and heartless thing to do.
Additionally, Hankison allegedly deprived three of Taylor’s neighbors of their constitutional rights by firing shots through a sliding glass door that was covered. Several of Hankison’s bullets allegedly penetrated through the wall of Taylor’s home and into her neighbors’ apartment units.
A reminder of just how poorly the local/state prosecutors did:
After spending six months investigating the shooting in which Taylor was killed in her own home, he only recommended charges of wanton endangerment to just one of the three officers who fired a total of 32 shots into her apartment on March 13. That single charge was the only one jurors were allowed to consider — whether former officer Brett Hankison endangered neighbors when he shot through Taylor’s apartment, not whether any of the officers committed murder or even manslaughter in regards to Taylor.
Cameron also didn’t immediately admit that this was the only charge he presented to jurors.
It is great to know that the Feds are interested in the rights of citizens. Too bad the same can’t be said for the local Louisville prosecutors and police.
This was such a horrible story. That sweet, innocent woman was murdered, and the powers-that-be were so interested in their “protect the cops” narrative that they were more than willing to ignore the facts and decide their careers were more important than her life. It makes me furious, but I can’t even imagine the pain and outrage felt by her family and friends. She and they deserve justice and nothing less.
There are good cops out there, but there are too many like these disgusting men, who have no business serving in those roles. To serve and protect? Each other, apparently. Ugh.
Depends on his involvement
OT, but the jury’s decided. Your troubles arejust beginning, Alex.
In many ways, Mr. Jones has been emblematic of how misinformation and false narratives have gained traction in society over the past decade. He has played a role in spreading some of recent history’s most pernicious and dangerous conspiracy theories, such as Pizzagate — in which an Infowars video helped inspire a gunman to attack a pizzeria in Washington, D.C. — coronavirus myths and “Stop the Steal” falsehoods about election fraud before the Capitol assault on Jan. 6, 2021.
The trial will now enter a second phase, in which the jury will consider evidence of Mr. Jones’s net worth to determine how much, if anything, to award Mr. Heslin and Ms. Lewis in punitive damages.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/04/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook
This is mighty interesting, I think. Essentially the judged ruled that it’s “feasible” [my word] that Cockholster was “likely” [me again] responsible for their injuries.
Now, if they were to prevail, that would just be more evidence against Toadglans mit der Bone Spurs von Queens.
Also —> Why am I this many years old before I find out Little League Baseball has a 50/70 Intermediate Division?
I can’t believe that this guy, Cameron, is running for Governor in 2023.
And, from having coached in that division for several years, I will assert it is better baseball. Leads, pickoffs, pitching out of the stretch. It is a considerably better transition to 60-90, especially for the mature 12 y/o kids, than staying on a 46-60 field that they’ve clearly outgrown (in many cases). There’s a place for both dimensions, but the case is not “my 12 y/o is 6’2” and shaves, let’s let him bash home runs in a tiny field against 10 y/os to satisfy my parental ego.” 
Christamitey!
Reading the short summary of the counts in the article it seems to me, and I have limited background knowledge of the incident, that the DoJ is tip toeing around straight up murder charges. Now I could easily be utterly wrong here but that is my take from the article. That the officers are actually being held accountable is an improvement over what we usually see in cases like this.
I can’t recall, but I think there might actually be precedence for a President firing an FBI Director.
(Can anyone help me out here?)
Uuuhhhh…did you not see the “lbs” after those numbers?
Yes, but the only acceptable reason is if the FBI is investigating you and you have determined its for a ‘made-up story’. Anything else would just be improper. /s
We all, ok most of us, knew there was some there, there. So how long until Barf K. goes on another epic cry rant, and wanting to know who likes beer?
I wonder if the protesters outside Barf’s house could set up a drive thru beer can recycling drive?
$4.1 million is a joke.