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What Happened To Breonna Taylor Is A Criminal Offense
So why are her killers free?
We will be approaching the five-month mark in mid-September in memory of a young Black woman, Breonna Taylor, who was only twenty-six-years-old, when she was hit by a hail of gunfire from Louisville police officers, who launched a home invasion in the dead of night.
Her murder occurred on March 13, 2020, just as the coronavirus started waging war, and mandatory shutdowns were taking effect in key states across the country.
As with all the cases involving misconduct by law enforcement that bears a tragic ending for innocent Black victims, the details are murky and glaringly problematic. This reality exacerbates the pain of yet another senseless slaying, that the biased judicial system endorses with pats on the backs of badged terrorizers, who are gifted with indefinite paid vacation.
We know Louisville police issued a no-knock warrant for the apartment that Breonna Taylor shared with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker.
It was done to investigate the hub of suspicious activities allegedly conducted by two suspects, who were arranging to have boxes of shipped drugs delivered to that address. According to the police, a US Postal Inspector confirmed their story of a man receiving illegal shipments at the…