Something is very wrong here…
I just read today Minneapolis’s settlement for Floyd includes 500k for “people living around the memorial” or something like that. Was wondering what that was about, but I’m still not sure I get it.
Handing out such a large settlement before the trial even begins seems very strange to me.
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The area around that Memorial sustained a lot of damage and its prob to rebuild and/or get businesses up and running again.
Looks like they’re going to have to clear out the people threatening journalists who even approach the area first.
George Floyd is the furthest thing from Rosa Parks regardless of mainstream media NT Times Washington Post etc propaganda
The people are not fooled.
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Antifazis don’t like being filmed.
That’s a lovely thing to assert. Why do you believe that’s true, and on what basis? Also please provide the details of whatever media conspiracy you’re defaulting to thanks
His family get $27 million before the trial of the cop. Is that to make him look guilty before the trial? I saw someone say $1 million is the usual amount handed out.
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The idea that this is some kind of plot to get money is so absurd there is no reason to address it.
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Marking a year since she was shot in her bedroom by police
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Are they gonna say Fetanyl killed her as well?
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At least get your facts straight. She was shot in the hallway.
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Nope. People talk about how the media corrects their mistakes, but how do you think people come to continue believing mistaken ideas like this?
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She was shot in the hallway. Not in bed. Not sleeping.
Taylor and Kenneth Walker were in bed when they heard the banging on the apartment door at approximately 12:40 a.m.,according to statements Walker made to police.
But they got out of bed before police entered, and Taylor was shot in her hallway.
Now, where is that body cam footage of the guy saying SHE shot at the cops?
From the same article…he lied and tried to blame her, then recanted.
Despite initially saying Taylor was the shooter, Walker quickly recanted and admitted firing one shot as police used a battering ram to enter Taylor’s apartment.
Walker said he did not know it was police on the other side of the door.
Neither he nor Taylor was armed with a rifle or long gun of any kind — just his Glock 9 mm handgun.
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Yes, of course. Unforced error on my part.
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Actually, didn’t believe some “media report”, just forgot and focused on them getting out of bed.
Promise to be perfect like the rest of you from now on.
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Attempt To Link Breonna Taylor To Alleged Drug Trafficking A Source Of Controversy
Attempt To Link Breonna Taylor To Alleged Drug Trafficking A Source Of Controversy : NPR
SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:
Louisville, Ky., is on edge as residents await a decision on whether the officers who killed Breonna Taylor will be charged. That decision is occurring amid recent leaks that suggest Taylor was closely linked to drug trafficking. Amina Elahi of member station WFPL in Louisville reports that some say there is a smear campaign underway.
AMINA ELAHI, BYLINE: From the cover of Vanity Fair’s September issue, Breonna Taylor gazes evenly at the viewer, seafoam dress flowing. The painting is the elevated form of the many popular tributes depicting Taylor, at times wreathed in flowers or even wearing a halo. Ever since her story caught the nation’s attention in May, two months after police shot and killed her at home, supporters have highlighted her best attributes. Taylor was an emergency room technician. She dreamed of becoming a nurse. She was fun. Most importantly, they say, she was innocent.
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GREG FISCHER: Obviously, Breonna’s passing has been a terrible tragedy for the community and for her family.
ELAHI: That’s Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.
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FISCHER: Any attempt to link her is just not relevant to the investigation that’s taking place right now. So it’s not helpful.
ELAHI: Mayor Fischer says Taylor didn’t deserve to die, and it would be unjust to draw conclusions based on limited information. He says attempts to sway opinion and influence the investigation are, quote, “wrong and divisive.” The mayor has criticized leaked documents, like the report on Taylor’s alleged link to drug trafficking, which was reportedly compiled after Taylor’s killing. A representative for the Louisville Metro Police Department declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.
Lonita Baker is an attorney representing Taylor’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit.
LONITA BAKER: If people thought she was a drug dealer, it would not have justified her murder, the way that she was murdered.
ELAHI: Baker denies Taylor was involved in drugs or was even still connected to her ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover, a main target of the investigation that led police to her door. Baker says even if the allegations were true, it wouldn’t matter.
BAKER: Once people are able to see all of the evidence, they will agree that she was not.
ELAHI: Plainclothes police shot and killed Taylor during a middle-of-the-night raid. Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired one shot because he says he thought they were intruders. Police say that shot injured an officer. Police returned fire, with five bullets striking Taylor and killing her. Criminal investigations by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and the FBI are pending.
Baker thinks there have been intentional attempts to smear Taylor’s name. So another lawyer on Baker’s team posted an image of a plea offer for Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, Glover, that listed Taylor as a codefendant. Glover says he didn’t take the offer from the district attorney because Taylor wasn’t involved.
BAKER: It’s disappointing. It borders along the lines of unethical.
ELAHI: But the district attorney, Tom Wine, defended his actions. In a statement, he emphasized it was the family’s lawyer who released the plea document that smeared Taylor by reminding the public that Glover used her to further his drug trafficking. Wine said he had Taylor’s name removed from the final draft and did not release either version out of respect to Taylor and due to the ongoing investigations.
Kristin Nicole Dukes, the dean for institutional diversity at Allegheny College, has studied how people assign fault to victims in fictional shooting situations.
KRISTIN NICOLE DUKES: If you paint this negative Black stereotypic portrayal of the victim in the media, what you get is this lasting implication in the arena of public opinion.
ELAHI: Her research found describing a fictional victim that way led study participants to blame the victim more and the shooter less, even when it came to charging them. Duke says the public wants information about shooting victims, and in some cases, it humanizes them. But Taylor’s image is more complicated.
DUKES: We’re able to talk about humans, everyday people, flaws and all. Breonna Taylor isn’t being afforded that opportunity. And in that way, she isn’t human; she’s being superhuman.
ELAHI: She says it doesn’t matter whether Taylor was good or bad; what matters is justice.
That’s not it at all. Anyone can make a mistake, I do. The problem is the media reported it this way, have given people a substantially incorrect impression about what actually occurred, one which accords with their obvious agenda once again, and then just left it there.
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