[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Denver

clearly the USA is not a place yiu should ever think about moving to

Its a great place except for the criminals and drug dealers who ruin it

and the extreme left looters and thugs in democrat run cities

[Kizzy]

I want to know how it isn't murder.

If you or I broke into a person's home and shot them in their bed we would be murderers plain and simple...

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I want to know how it isn't murder.

If you or I broke into a person's home and shot them in their bed we would be murderers plain and simple...

It's been the the courts

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Are you?a lawyer

It's been the the courts

I know that, but again...how is it not murder?

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Are you?a lawyer

It's been the the courts

Wasn't OJ acquitted? That was a big issue for you way back all of an hour ago.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Wasn't OJ acquitted? That was a big issue for you way back all of an hour ago.

Oj was black the police officer wasn't

[Liam-]

[arista]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM


A Officer is on ABC NEWS live feed

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I want to know how it isn't murder.

If you or I broke into a person's home and shot them in their bed we would be murderers plain and simple...

Because she wasn't shot in bed. She was standing out of sight of the cops, and was killed when they returned fire after her boyfriend shot at them.

Edit: to be clear, while it wasn't murder, it wasn't okay either. It was manslaughter. The cops shouldn't have fired blind. Return fire? Well duh. But in a way to take out their assailant, not firing elsewhere.

[Nicky91]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54752228

A police officer involved in the fatal shooting of black woman Breonna Taylor has sued her boyfriend for emotional distress, assault and battery.

Jonathan Mattingly was one of three officers who took part in a raid on Ms Taylor's home in Kentucky in March.

Boyfriend Kenneth Walker said he feared they were intruders and allegedly fired a shot injuring Mr Mattingly. Returning fire, the police killed Ms Taylor.

Mr Walker's lawyer condemned the civil lawsuit as "baseless".

Ms Taylor's death has been one of a number of incidents that have spurred protests in the US and around the world by the Black Lives Matter movement, amid wider calls for police reform.

The incident took place in March during a night-time drugs raid by police on an apartment in Louisville, Kentucky where Ms Taylor was staying with Mr Walker.

In an interview with police, Mr Walker said he believed at the time that Ms Taylor's ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, had broken in, according to the New York Times.

What does the latest lawsuit say?
In a statement, Mr Mattingly's lawyer alleged that his gunshot wound nearly killed him, and as a result he was "entitled to, and should, use the legal process to seek a remedy for the injury that Walker has caused".

Mr Mattingly is one of three Louisville Metropolitan Police officers involved in Ms Taylor's death. One officer has been indicted and fired from the police force. A grand jury was not given the opportunity to consider homicide charges against the men, according to an anonymous juror.

Mr Walker was initially arrested and charged with attempted murder, but the suit was later dropped. He is currently suing Louisville police and seeking immunity from prosecution under Kentucky's "Stand Your Ground" law.

The controversial legislation grants people the right to defend themselves, with lethal force if necessary, if they believe they are under the threat of bodily harm or death.

"If Kenny can be sued for defending himself, make no mistake, all lawful gun owners' rights are at risk. And that should scare everyone," his lawyer told the Louisville Courier Journal newspaper.

Why did officers storm the home?
On the night of the raid, police were executing a search warrant as part of a drugs investigation.

The warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor's name and address. Authorities believed Mr Glover was involved in a drug ring and had used her apartment to hide narcotics.

No drugs were found at the property, though Jefferson County Prosecutor Thomas Wine said the search was cancelled after the shooting.

[Oliver_W]

That cop has some balls, I'll give him that.

Of course the boyfriend should have been allowed to do what he thought was defending his home against an intruder, just like the cops should have returned fire.

[Liam-]

Finally on the road to justice

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Finally on the road to justice

Unfortunately the charges don't include the deserved manslaughter charge, the closest is unconstitutional use of force.