Posted on 06/19/2020 2:49:59 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, has asked a judge to grant him immunity from being re-charged with attempted murder of a police officer for shooting at officers he thought were robbers breaking into Taylor’s apartment during an early morning raid.
While Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine announced May 22 his office would not currently proceed with the prosecution of Walker, the case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning Walker could be charged again if additional facts came out, Wine said at the time.
"I believe additional investigation is necessary," Wine said, citing a pending FBI investigation of the incident.
On Tuesday, attorneys for Walker argued a judge should grant Walker immunity because he believed he was acting in self-defense and shot “an intruder, not known to be an officer, who was breaking into his girlfriend’s apartment,” according to the motion.
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1.) The police sought for and received a no knock warrant.
2.) They said they needed it due to tactics used by past drug dealers attempt to evade being caught red handed with drugs on a premises and to keep perps from evading arrest.
3.) The police apparently thought Mr. Walker was trafficking in drugs here and at two other locations.
But weren’t they at the wrong address?
If he and Ms. Taylor say they couldn’t hear the cops because they were watching TV, how do they know the cops didn’t announce who they were?
He didn’t shoot a cop. He shot a home invader.
Haven’t followed the case closely, but with all the talk,
this is the first I’ve heard that there was gunfire directed
at the officers.
From what I have read, the warrant had two addresses, one a residence, the one they entered, and another address.
And if it was the wrong address, why would Mr. Walker need immunity for shooting and severly injuring a cop on top of stand your ground rights, etc?
I'm still opposed to no-knock raids.
I realize this was not a case of raiding the wrong residence but that has happened and it sucks that innocent people have been killed because of a simple, stupid mistake who nobody is ever held accountable for.
Commence flaming in three.....two......one......go.
You don’t know that. Give the FBI and law enforcement time. No.need of a rush to judgment.
But if he truly shot a home invader, the attempted murder charges have already been dropped, if the cops entered the wrong address (which it looks like they didn’t), he had stand your ground rights, etc, then he doesnt need immunity.
Because no one wants to be charged twice. After all, he did shoot one officer, and that’s always dicey territory. Legal counsel is expensive.
I note that there hasn’t been any reports of contraband discovery, and you can bet the cops looked thoroughly.
The combination of no knock and swatting people is deadly for police and honest citizens.
No knock should be outlawed. Swat response to unverified situations as well..
Didn’t police claim they had surveillance video of the apartment being used as a dropoff point?
We need laws to end no knock so that the time served in jail would be triple for drugs found and evading the police when the cops knock.
Cops show up, a person has 10 years worth of drugs, they would get 5 for evading by trying to run, make it 45 for pulling stunts instead of just giving up.
Problem solved.
That is why we need to give the FBI time and not rush to judgment with a hasty immunity granted.
Read post #12. We can and should get rid of no knock with incentivizing a drug dealer, say in.Chocago, Detriot, red state, blue state, red city, whatever, just giving up if caught.
No-knock warrants should not even be a thing.
Do we have a Fourth Amendment, or not?
Kick my door down, the Second Amendment kicks in immediately.
She's not saying anything because she was shot eight times in her bed and died in her sleep.
Rush?
It’s been a month already, I’d probably have filled by now too, not wanting to give a mean spirited DA time to make something up.
Btw, I imagine no one wants to be charged twice, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t justified especially if there was a rush to judgment in initially dropping them in the first place combined with a now rush to judgment to grant immunity before all investigations are complete.
And in the case of Michael Brown and many others, didn’t the families and others want the FBI to investigate thoroughly?
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