Poppin Off

Though we raged against cops and capitalism last week, these motherfuckers keep murdering people so we go off about it all again this week when covering Breonna Taylor’s murder at the hands of police:

Breonna Taylor, a 26 yr old EMT and aspiring nurse, was murdered in Louisville, KY on March 13 by a drug task force of plainclothes police officers that busted into her apartment at 1 a.m. while she was asleep with a “no-knock” search warrant without identifying themselves. Her boyfriend Kenneth Walker was in bed with her. Walker thought they were being robbed, took his licensed legal gun out and shot a cop in the leg. The cops opened fire in the apartment, shooting more than 20 bullets into the place and shooting Breonna 8 times in her bed. They arrested Kenneth Walker and charged him with attempted murder.

The officers were looking for a different man, and no drugs were found in the apartment. The police officers were not wearing body cams because as they are on the “Criminal Interdiction Division” handling violent and narcotic-based crimes, they don’t have to. Isn’t that nice.

Police claim they knocked on the door several times and announced themselves to the sleeping residents. Four neighbors contradict that claim.

These no-knock warrants are a huge problem in an already fucking terrible situation. In Houston last year, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Douglas were murdered after officers busted in on a no-knock warrant and immediately killed their dog with a shotgun, prompting Tuttle to fire at the intruders.

Imagine being completely innocent and thereby having no reason to think people busting into your house are cops.

Also cops are financially incentivized. Fuck capitalism. Fuck cops.

Resources

* The Breonna Taylor Shooting Shows How Reckless Drug War Tactics Lead to Senseless Deaths (reason)* Breonna Taylor Was Murdered for Sleeping While Black (The Nation)* Lawsuit Filed in 2019 Against Cop Involved in Breonna Taylor’s Death Claims He Was Vindictive, Planted Evidence (The Root)* Why Were the Louisville Police Who Fatally Shot Breonna Taylor Not Wearing Body Cameras? (The Root)* ‘If You Ran for Ahmaud, You Need to Stand for Bre’: Breonna Taylor’s Death Isn’t Getting Enough Attention (The Root)* Cuba Giving Hope to Doctors Worldwide Despite US ‘Terror’ Accusation | By Any Means Necessary Podcast (Spreaker) – fourth segment discusses Breonna’s murder.* From Russiagate to “Obamagate,” Blame Game is Bipartisan | By Any Means Necessary Podcast (Spreaker) – second segment discusses five people killed in Houston by police

Joke

I’m sorry, your dad has been pronounced dead…

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