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The Killing Of Breonna Taylor Was Entirely Legal
We Must Want Change, Not Vengeance
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The killing of Breonna Taylor reveals a severe problem with drug policing in America, but evidence revealed and stated in a press conference by Attorney General Daniel Cameron supports that the LNPD did not serve the warrant they acquired as a no-knock warrant, and that the use of force by the police was warranted, although one officer may be convicted for endangering the tenants of an adjacent apartment. As it stands legally, It does not appear the officers who served the warrant are culpable for murder.
Something many people are conflating in this shooting is the morally questionable legal precedence for drug policing, and the guiltiness of the officers. Any questions as to the validity of the warrant does not pertain to the guilt of the officers, because no officers involved in the shooting took part in the acquisition of it. Unless the evidence used to acquire the warrant was forged, the blame for the poor evidence passing muster for a warrant would fall solely on the judge who issued it. The nature of the issuing of the warrant, and the fact that it was served at night is the most concerning thing about this case.
