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~~“Breonna Taylor Was Asleep.” Yes, she was asleep the night/morning of the shooting. No, she was not asleep when she was shot.~~
She was gravely wronged, and what happened is entirely inexcusable. However, statements that confuse people on the facts of the situation do not help the cause.
Edit: It seems my memory was faulty, per Walker's statement, they were watching a movie in bed when police came to the door.
Source: Courier Journal - Local Newspaper
like he said:
Like I said:
where did I do this?
Well, for one thing it turns out Breonna Taylor wasn't even asleep.
Source: Courier Journal - Local Newspaper
getting your door kicked in by a gang of cops tends to wake you up
I'm referring to the witness statements given by Walker.
what statements of his say that she wasn’t sleeping?
I don't know. How about the one where he said they were watching a movie?
people fall asleep watching movies all the time, especially late at night which this was.
I don’t see any statement claiming she wasn’t sleeping, as you claim.
Look, it's not like we have a recording of their bedroom at the time of the incident. Do you have a source for your claim that she was asleep?
I’m not responsible for your lack of evidence. now you even admit you don’t have evidence to back up your claims, and you accuse ME of bad faith?
lmao
Look, I think it is clear that there is no amount of evidence that will make you change your mind on this.
Walker clearly said they were watching a movie, which you choose to interpret as they were probably asleep. I choose to interpret it more literally as they were actually watching a movie.
The preponderance of evidence suggests they were watching a movie, and there is no evidence saying they were asleep, only that they "could" have been asleep.
if you had presented any evidence, it might have, but you didn't
This just in, witness testimony ≠ evidence.
as soon as you have any that says, “she wasn’t sleeping”, let me know
You know whoever types the last comment has clearly won right? /s
that sounds like a personal problem for you
Oh, I'm just having fun here. Sorry if this is upsetting to you. I do like having the last comment though I have to admit.
projecting your feelings onto me isn’t healthy
sound like another personal problem
Lol. I do have feelings, I'm not upset, I'm definitely not projecting, but I may be misidentifying your feelings.
Still, I am certain you want the last word in our conversation.
another list of your personal problems.
best of luck with that
best of luck indeed
I wish you well in all your personal problems.
there’s that projection again.
Lol. I'm beginning to think you don't even know what the word projection means.
more of your personal problems
Ah, so just narcissism then. Got it 😅 😅
more of your personal problems
You stuck?
I'm personally curious to see how deep the replies can go on Lemmy. The app on my phone already crapped out.
I didn't miss r/publicfreakout.
Sorry, I'm a bit confused as to what you are saying?
Simple. It's some of the worst behavior on reddit, on a garbage sub full of garbage people.
Basically someone who loves it when cops murder black people for them is like "It's totally an awful thing that this happened, but" and then launch into a defense of whatever racist piece of shit is the topic of discussion.
Too bad that shit can't stay on reddit where shit belongs.
What are you even talking about? Is that what you are assuming I am saying?
If so, what specifically did I say that led you to believe this?
I already explained it. I'm not wasting more effort on you.
I was giving you the benefit of the doubt before properly responding because sometimes I misinterpret people, and sometimes they misinterpret me.
I am very upset about Breonna Taylor's killing, and I think that the facts of the situation matter deeply. Truth matters deeply. Justice matters deeply.
So kindly, go fuck yourself and your assumptions about me.
I knew you needed no further explanation.
So much that you've spent an inordinate amount of time and effort engaging in nitpicky defense of her murderers.
Go fuck yourself you presumptuous asshole.
Nothing I have said defends the officers who killed Breonna Taylor, and your words do not make that a reality.
You keep going on about how utterly vitally important it was that she wasn't asleep. As though focusing on that is more important than how she was murdered by police.
Because she was murdered. By police. Who got away with it. But her life and justice matter less to you than your obsession with minutiae.
This is a mischaracterization of what I am doing. I am simply responding to people like you who seem to think the specifics of a situation do not matter. They in fact do.
If you were raging at me that she was not murdered, I would engage with you about that, but that is not what is happening. Why you've felt the need to come at me says more about you than about me.
Another complete mischaracterization of what I have said. You have done nothing but rage at me and make assumptions. I can care about two things at the same time.
I will repeat myself again and say go fuck yourself.
If you say so. I don't feel like arguing with the same sort of person who made reddit what it is.