Trespassing, harrassment, destruction of private property, threats, etc.
You'd be better off with petitioning, peacefully demonstrating, leaning on other officials, and going after the no-knock happy judges.
Yeah you know- the thing is that the officer who shot Brianna Taylor did not intend to shoot her. She was hit by rounds intended for a suspect. That shouldn’t happen- but that officer, under the law- broke no laws and was protected so long as the original shooting was deemed justified. Police are protected against legal action if bystanders or property are harmed in lawful and responsible execution of their duties.
You can’t go around changing laws and then prosecuting people for what they did when it was legal. That’s draconian and frankly insane- and the law literally has clauses for just that- to prevent a person who acted lawfully from being retroactively made a criminal for following what was at the time- legal.
No one should have been shot that night. There shouldn’t have been a “no knock warrant” let alone one under the circumstances for which a warranted was granted in the property. The police should not have put the residents in the position they placed them in, and to shoot, even in self defense, in a close residential space without knowing where people are- that shouldn’t be allowed except under the most strict of circumstances if at all.
The officer in question is not inherently to blame. The department and the system are to blame. The DA is not to blame for not prosecuting a cop who did his job by the rules. The rules are shit. The rules say that a police officer or fire fighter or whoever else- can’t be blamed. If you’re “lucky” you can collect compensation from
A Victims fund. If there is one, or sue for wrongful death against the city/state/etc.
But we give every officer a gun. We give them pathetic qualification requirements and recommended upkeep and marginal training. We create rules that make reaching for their weapon a simple question of personal ethics and paper work. We have laws that allow for situations like this one to happen- we create situations that are dangerous to officers and bystanders and then when things eventually inevitably go less than perfect- we chalk it up to the cost of doing business.
I ask why? If we are talking about lives- forget about jobs then. Isn’t protecting an officer, protecting the public- worth more than a man’s job? Go bake cakes or something. Let’s get some robots in here. Let’s give supposedly “high risk” calls to units specifically trained and held for those tasks- equipped with heavy armor and robots. Let’s get technology involved in writing tickets and thins that we can automate and take officers out of the fray. Anything so dangerous you have to carry a gun and wear armor to do- if we an use a machine why not?
The police serve important functions in society, but it’s our job to police the systems that define what is and isn’t acceptable for them. We need to change the rules to protect people, we need to raise the standards for use of force and to prioritize safety- and keep our officers safe by getting as many out of harms way as possible.
Uhhh.... she was an EMT who wasn’t even accused of a crime. She was asleep in her bed. Her ex boyfriend had mail sent to her house. Her ex boyfriend was suspected of crimes and the police reasoned that perhaps he was having mail of a criminal nature sent to her house, and or doing crime there.
Now- a daring midnight raid if her mailbox may have been less glamorous but would likely have answered at least one of those questions. Or... and this is perhaps crazy talk, I know it’s totally like, WAY more work for police to do police work than for them to just toss your house- but... perhaps stake outs? An investigation maybe? But I guess the police- and terrifyingly enough a judge- felt that being the ex of a suspected criminal, and having an exes mail still end up at your house sometimes- were worthy of an after hours raid. But naw dawg. She was a lawful citizen and a productive member of society who was sleeping in her bed when a police officer shot her dead- while returning fire on her current boyfriend.. who was exercising his legal right to defend his home against the guys who busted in the door late at night without declaring they were police.
You'd be better off with petitioning, peacefully demonstrating, leaning on other officials, and going after the no-knock happy judges.
A Victims fund. If there is one, or sue for wrongful death against the city/state/etc.