No doubt you have heard about Breonna Taylor. She is the young lady who was shot and killed by police during the serving of a warrant in Louisville, Ky. It has been reported over and over by the breathless news media. The report is that police were involved in a "no knock warrant" and burst into the apartment with guns blazing, killing the innocent Breonna Taylor. Since the story broke riots have ensued. Buildings have been burned and people, police officers, have been shot.
The case was presented to the Grand Jury but they did not indict the police for the killing. In fact, only one of the officers was charged with anything and that was wanton endangerment, a relatively minor charge. When news got out, all hell broke loose. People were furious. They wanted the police officers arrested for murder. After all, they shot and killed an innocent young girl. The media continued to fan the flames and kept the riots going.
Well, as is usually the case, there is more to the story. In fact much more. As it turns out, the story, as reported, was a complete lie. The reason the Grand Jury didn't indict the police is because the police didn't commit any crime.
According to the latest information from the Mayor and the Chief of Police is that it was not a no knock warrant at all. In fact the police knocked and announced themselves. They were looking for an armed drug dealer who, as it turns out, was Breonna Taylor's former boyfriend. When the police got into the apartment, her new boyfriend opened fire on them hitting one of the officers in the thigh and damaging his femoral artery, a potential fatal injury. When the police returned fire, they hit Taylor.
Don’t get me wrong. I do not believe the young lady did anything that deserved the death penalty but, she did put herself in that position. Apparently that former boyfriend gave her address as his. Did she know what her former boyfriend did for a living? Of course she did. If you choose to live in a pit of snakes, there is the real possibility you will get bit. She also was named in the warrant. The police had a substantial file on her and her drug related activities. Incidentally her ex-boyfriend, the drug dealer, received packages at her apartment and used her phone number as his.
But this column is less about the young lady getting killed and more about a media whose agenda seems to be much more important than the truth. It is almost impossible to know what really happened during that police action. You certainly cannot go by what the media reports.
I am sure you can remember when the media was a trustworthy reporter of events. That all seems to have changed. Today what you know, or think you know, depends largely on your source of information. When the media chooses sides, all of their reportage serves to justify their choice. If people get hurt because of their agenda, I guess that's just too bad. The truth is unimportant if it gets in the way.
We are approaching a time when honesty in the media is more important than ever. Over the next few weeks we are going to see some very big names in our government with Federal indictments for all sorts of crimes.
This should have been reported months ago, but it didn't fit the narrative of the so-called mainstream media. For what's coming, no amount of fake news or even outright lies will be able to hide it. Folks, it's about to hit the fan. If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny.
Ron Scarbro September 30, 2020
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