Rick Mason
Sharpshooter
I'm going to put this one here because the young man thought he was righteously defending his family against a home invasion by criminals. Have at it...
The Breonna Taylor Shooting Shows How Reckless Drug War Tactics Lead to Senseless Deaths
The shooting of Breonna Taylor, which happened on March 13 but is only now getting national attention, highlights once again the deadly recklessness of "dynamic entry" police raids. The very tactics that police use to minimize violence, aimed at discombobulating their targets and catching them off guard in the hope of discouraging resistance, predictably lead to fatal misunderstandings. These tactics are especially inappropriate when police enter homes in service of the war on drugs, as they did in this case.
And a follow-up...
Feds To Investigate Death of Breonna Taylor After Botched Kentucky Narcotics Raid
The Breonna Taylor Shooting Shows How Reckless Drug War Tactics Lead to Senseless Deaths
The shooting of Breonna Taylor, which happened on March 13 but is only now getting national attention, highlights once again the deadly recklessness of "dynamic entry" police raids. The very tactics that police use to minimize violence, aimed at discombobulating their targets and catching them off guard in the hope of discouraging resistance, predictably lead to fatal misunderstandings. These tactics are especially inappropriate when police enter homes in service of the war on drugs, as they did in this case.
And a follow-up...
Feds To Investigate Death of Breonna Taylor After Botched Kentucky Narcotics Raid