Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers

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Source-https://www.cbsnews.com/news/breonna-taylor-kenneth-walker-judge-dismisses-officer-charges/


snip-"A federal judge has thrown out major felony charges against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor's door before they fatally shot her.

U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson's ruling declared that the actions of Taylor's boyfriend, who fired a shot at police the night of the raid, were the legal cause of her death, not a bad warrant."


snip-"But Simpson wrote in the Tuesday ruling that "there is no direct link between the warrantless entry and Taylor's death." Simpson's ruling effectively reduced the civil rights violation charges against Jaynes and Meany, which had carried a maximum sentence of life in prison, to misdemeanors.



snip-""While the indictment alleges that Jaynes and Meany set off a series of events that ended in Taylor's death, it also alleges that (Walker) disrupted those events when he decided to open fire" on the police, Simpson wrote."

More there. This is BS.

[Karadeniz]

1. Miscarriage of justice.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

2. Same ol', same ol'

This is America.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Wrong Wrong Wrong

Kentucky has a Castle Doctrine and the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor had the right to defend himself and Taylor from home invasion.

Castle Doctrine Laws
Castle doctrine laws are somewhat controversial around the United States. The castle doctrine gives people in Kentucky the right to use deadly force to defend their homes from invasion without the requirement to retreat.

The law presumes that you are in reasonable fear of death or great bodily harm if someone is in the act of breaking into your home, or has already broken into your home.

However, there are a few exceptions, such as:

If the person has a legal right to be on or in the property
You use deadly force while also engaged in an illegal activity or using the home to further an illegal activity
If the person attempting to enter is a peace officer performing their official duties

When Doesn’t Self-Defense Apply in Kentucky?
Sometimes self-defense doesn’t apply in Kentucky. For example, you cannot use self-defense to resist a lawful arrest. You also cannot use self-defense if you provoked the attack or if you were the initial aggressor.
https://suhrelawlexington.com/kentucky-self-defense-laws/#:~:text=The%20castle%20doctrine%20gives%20people,already%20broken%20into%20your%20home.