Breonna Taylor: Lawsuit after US health worker shot dead by police

[ForceFate]

Breonna Taylor: Lawsuit after US health worker shot dead by police

The family of Breonna Taylor, 26, accuse officers of causing her wrongful death.

www.bbc.com

A woman in the US state of Kentucky was shot and killed by police after they raided the wrong address, according to a lawsuit.

Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician (EMT), was shot eight times when officers entered her apartment in Louisville on 13 March.

They were executing a search warrant as part of a drugs investigation, but no drugs were found in the property.

The lawsuit accuses the officers of wrongful death and excessive force.

 

[Mekon]

Bunch of trigger happy f0ckers. They need jail time and need to lose their government pension as well

 

[Cray]

And they are pursuing charges against the brother for defending himself against police raiding the wrong house

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...cutor-wont-review-officer-conduct/5186857002/

 

[konfab]

Bunch of trigger happy f0ckers. They need jail time and need to lose their government pension as well

Them and the idiot who served a warrant for the wrong person.

The lawsuit, obtained by CBS News, says LMPD officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankinson and Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, who are named as defendants, arrived at the home in plainclothes and unmarked vehicles. They had a "knock and announce" search warrant for Taylor's apartment while looking for a man who lived in a different part of Louisville. According to the lawsuit, the suspect they were searching for had already been apprehended by LMPD the previous day.

So lets get this straight.
They get a warrant for someone who has already been arrested, who lives in a different part of the city. Then rock up at their house in plainclothes and unmarked vehicles at 1am and break down the door. Then are shocked when people have the audacity to shoot back.

Pity the boyfriend missed. Would have saved everyone a lot of effort.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

OT - so many of these trigger happy stories for years now and when they are confronted for being wrong, they close ranks. Surely someone with clout can make the time to sort this out so no more innocent people are involved?

 

[rustypup]

8 times?!

Was she a terminator?

 

[saturnz]

she looked suspicious

 

[rietrot]

Rietrot will be in here shortly to tell us how acceptable it was that she got shot.

Completely unacceptable.

 

[ForceFate]

Sometimes, a lot of what we believe about American law enforcement being impeccable has a lot to do with Hollywood.

Wrong address, plain clothes and unmarked vehicles in a nation that has so many guns in civilian hands, something is bound to go wrong. I also would've fired at the police if I was in a similar situation. I agree with @Mephisto_Helix

 

[konfab]

Sometimes, a lot of what we believe about American law enforcement being impeccable has a lot to do with Hollywood.

Wrong address, plain clothes and unmarked vehicles in a nation that has so many guns in civilian hands, something is bound to go wrong. I also would've fired at the police if I was in a similar situation. I agree with @Mephisto_Helix

Just remember that them doing their job normally as they should won't generate any news in the media. Inferring the few cases that the media reports on applies over the entire country is just as bad as believing everything on Hollywood.

For the most part, the way the US organises their police system is as it should be. For example, in Louisville (where this took place), the sheriff is directly elected by the constituents.
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...n-county-election-candidates-2018/1445225002/

 

[ponder]

Sometimes, a lot of what we believe about American law enforcement being impeccable has a lot to do with Hollywood.

Wrong address, plain clothes and unmarked vehicles in a nation that has so many guns in civilian hands, something is bound to go wrong. I also would've fired at the police if I was in a similar situation. I agree with @Mephisto_Helix

Their police are generally good, bad things like this get amplified by the media and rightly so.

Sometimes the civilians get the upper hand and knock off a few of these bumbling idiots.

 

[noxibox]

I'd be surprised if these thugs get anything more than a slap on the wrist. They should be tried for murder and thrown in jail for a very long time.

And they are pursuing charges against the brother for defending himself against police raiding the wrong house

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...cutor-wont-review-officer-conduct/5186857002/

That's pretty typical. In the past prosecutors have tried to get the death penalty for someone defending themselves when the police raided the wrong house. But when the police maim and kill people, including children, they generally get away with it.

OT - so many of these trigger happy stories for years now and when they are confronted for being wrong, they close ranks. Surely someone with clout can make the time to sort this out so no more innocent people are involved?

War on drugs. It's all good. This along with theft by the police has been going on for decades and very little has been done. If anything the US police are becoming more violent.

Their police are generally good, bad things like this get amplified by the media and rightly so.

Sometimes the civilians get the upper hand and knock off a few of these bumbling idiots.

Then those civilians get prosecuted for murder.

Most police involved in drug enforcement, i.e. they belong to that specific squad by choice, are tainted. Most never realise what amoral scum they are.

 

[ponder]

Then those civilians get prosecuted for murder.

There have been people that shot & killed swat members raiding the wrong house that were not prosecuted.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I'd be surprised if these thugs get anything more than a slap on the wrist. They should be tried for murder and thrown in jail for a very long time.


That's pretty typical. In the past prosecutors have tried to get the death penalty for someone defending themselves when the police raided the wrong house. But when the police maim and kill people, including children, they generally get away with it.


War on drugs. It's all good. This along with theft by the police has been going on for decades and very little has been done. If anything the US police are becoming more violent.


Then those civilians get prosecuted for murder.

Most police involved in drug enforcement, i.e. they belong to that specific squad by choice, are tainted. Most never realise what amoral scum they are.

Huge part of the problem is 'qualified immunity' and how it's applied.

Some examples:

"We Give Qualified Immunity to Just About Everybody"

Shielding officers from legitimate lawsuits not only injure those who have had their rights violated, but also protect the bad laws and policies that lead to horrific and predictable tragedies.

www.cato.org

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1245488277760737280

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1149040967841996801

 

[konfab]

Huge part of the problem is 'qualified immunity' and how it's applied.

Some examples:

"We Give Qualified Immunity to Just About Everybody"

Shielding officers from legitimate lawsuits not only injure those who have had their rights violated, but also protect the bad laws and policies that lead to horrific and predictable tragedies.

www.cato.org

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1245488277760737280

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1149040967841996801

I completely agree.

Politicians have it as well. They pass an unconstitutional law/decree, and nothing will happen to them.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I completely agree.

Politicians have it as well. They pass an unconstitutional law/decree, and nothing will happen to them.

Including SCOTUS politicians.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1262387503534931970

Fantastic investigation here:

For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection

The U.S. high court's continual refinement of an obscure doctrine called qualified immunity has made it harder to hold police liable for excessive force.

www.reuters.com

 

[konfab]

Including SCOTUS politicians.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1262387503534931970

Fantastic investigation here:

For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection

The U.S. high court's continual refinement of an obscure doctrine called qualified immunity has made it harder to hold police liable for excessive force.

www.reuters.com

Judges are technically allowed it because their job is to interpret the law.

But yes, article is very good. The system has worked itself into a trap, and part of the problem is probably the jury system which relies in emotional arguements.
Which means that the judgements always have an element of randomness to them. Which is probably why they developed such strict criteria.

Good news is that it looks like they might be looking at doing something about it. Literally as we speak

https://www.cato.org/blog/qualified-immunity-back-weeks-scotus-conference

 

[surface]

Let me guess, was she jogging?

 

[Craig_]

And then some regard this as the best country in the world, not even our clowns does this. And ours are probably amongst the worst in the world.

 

[Gordon_R]

Some good has come from this tragedy:

Breonna Taylor: Louisville to pay family $12m over police shooting

The health worker was fatally shot by police, leading to widespread protests against police violence.

www.bbc.com

It includes a "substantial" payment and will also mandate a series of police reforms in the city, the local Courier Journal newspaper reports.

These are believed to include a requirement that all search warrants are approved by a senior officer, the newspaper says.

The settlement is reported to be one of the largest financial sums paid in a police misconduct case.

One of the officers involved in the raid, Brett Hankison, was fired in June. The other two - Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove - were placed on administrative leave.

A grand jury could soon decide whether criminal charges should be filed against any of the officers, local media report.

Earlier this year, Louisville's city council voted unanimously in favour of banning no-knock warrants. Similar legislation that would ban the warrants nationwide was introduced in the US Congress.