Houstonians call for charges against officers who killed Breonna Taylor

[Elderberry]

Houston Chronicle by  Hannah Dellinger June 5, 2020

Breonna Taylor wasn’t safe in her own home.

The EMT was killed by police officers during an apparent botched drug raid on March 13 while she slept in her Louisville, Ky. home.

“We need to honor her life and uplift her name, because her life is just as important as anyone who has been murdered by the police,” said Shelly Baker, the grassroots organizer of a Friday protest at Discovery Green that called for justice for Taylor and national police reform.

Several hundred people turned out in downtown Houston to honor Taylor on what would have been her 27th birthday, joining other protests across the nation as concern about racial injustice intensifies since police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. more than a week ago. Floyd will be buried in Houston next week.

Officers shot Taylor eight times while they were executing a no-knock search warrant on her home. Police officials said they suspected that a man involved in a drug ring was sending packages to the house.

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houstonians-call-for-charges-against-officers-who-15321130.php

[EdinVA]

Has anyone said why the officers opened fire?
None of the stories I found say what happened..

[Cyber Liberty]

Apparently all the crimes in Houston have been solved?

[Elderberry]

Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death

NY Times By Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Derrick Bryson Taylor 6/5/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html

What happened in Louisville?

Shortly after midnight on March 13, Louisville police officers, executing a search warrant, used a battering ram to crash into the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency room technician. After a brief confrontation, they fired several shots, striking her at least eight times.

The Louisville police say that they only fired inside Ms. Taylor’s home after they were first fired upon by Kenneth Walker, Ms. Taylor’s boyfriend, who was in bed with her. They said that Mr. Walker wounded one of the officers, who was hit in a leg but was expected to make a full recovery. Mr. Walker was subsequently charged with attempted murder of a police officer, though the charge was dismissed last month.

And Mr. Walker, 27, has said that he feared for his life and only fired in self-defense, believing that someone was trying to break into the home.

“He didn’t know these were police officers, and they found no drugs in the apartment. None,” said Rob Eggert, Mr. Walker’s lawyer. “He was scared for his life, and her life.”

In a 911 call just after the shots were fired, Mr. Walker told a dispatcher that “somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend,” according to a recording released last week.

More at link.

[EdinVA]

Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death

NY Times By Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Derrick Bryson Taylor 6/5/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html

Not good....