re: Kenneth Walker WAS NOT a drug dealer

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I think what happened to Taylor was tragic, but it wasn’t racism that killed her.

When that keeps being used to label every thing involving a minority it loses meaning.

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I agree. Racism had nothing to do with why this warrant was served. Adding racial hyperbole to this discussion simply further pollutes an already poisoned debate about the abuse of Constitutional due process in this never-ending War on Drugs®.

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The false narrative that it was a no knock warrant has been proven false I keep hearing the same misinformation being spewed.

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That is not a false narrative. That the police announced in this incident does not change the reality the warrant was ISSUED as a no-knock raid. And we are splitting hairs here anyhow.

Even if the police announced, the door was broken down within a split second of that announcement. The whole point of these dynamic forced entry raids is to surprise and disorient the intended targets of the raid. It seems reasonable to assume that in the confusion of the moment, Walker did not hear or comprehend the police announcement.