Can you explain a couple of things from your post?
First, in what sense was Breonna Taylor ânot totally innocentâ? What was she guilty of? Second, what exactly are the âblack propaganda wheelsâ that you mention?
To the best of my knowledge Taylor was the tenant and was therefore liable for prosecution if there had not been a killing and drugs had been found in the house. The fact that no search was made after the shooting had ended does not necessarily mean no drugs were there. Again the boyfriend thought that the men who happened to be in uniform were the ex-boyfriend seems a tad odd to me.
As for the Black propaganda. At no time did they say that the police fired after they had been shot at. All they kept saying was that it was yet another racist offence by the police.
Yes I believe that change is important and extremely necessary but at the moment, for me they are sometimes going way ott. Maybe they feel it is necessary but it could be better explained and reported by all media outlets. Their side and the nofficial side.
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To the best of my knowledge, and as has been widely reported, the police were plain clothes and not uniform. Again, then - of what was Breonna Taylor guilty? Being in her own apartment?
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The police had a warrant to search it.
Thatâs actually quite an interesting one. The NRA always trot out a selective quote when using it, the whole statement in the constitution reads âA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.â
Yes thatâs not in dispute, whatâs your point?
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The right to bear arms refers to having a Militia in the need of invasion (a real possibility at the time) from Britain, Spain or France.
There is nothing that states the 2nd amendment canât be updated and could be far more relevant to today, the thing is its a fantastic deterrent to other nations today if they ever thought of invading the US, the issue there is citizens are collateral damage in them âbeing safeâ.
I get the impression that some Americans feel that the constitution is gospel and cannot be messed with, when they are literally defending changes that were made to original document. I wonder if some of them donât know what âamendmentâ means. Or am I just being cynical? 
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They probably donât know.
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You seemed to be suggesting that Breonna Taylorâs apartment was being searched for no good reason, given that she wasnât involved any crime.
The very fact that itâs an amendment means that itâs fair game for amending
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I wasnât suggesting anything, I was just asking for the reasoning behind your statement. Unless itâs on a footy thread or I put a winky face you can take me as being quite literal with my questions, I try my best not to be snidey with my questions on these types of topics.
Speaking literally then, why did you ask what crime she was guilty of when the article makes clear that nobody has suggested sheâs guilty of any crime? I took what you said to mean that the police had no reason to be there.
I think you are mistaking me with FoldyB.
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I think we can dispense with the pedantries 
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Well thatâs even less comfy then. Charged with nothing, and shot to death on a warrant based on the activities of someone who wasnât even living there.
The cops did not announce themselves. They were operating under a no-knock warrant. Taylorâs boyfriend thought they were being home invaded and shot one in the thigh.
Breonna Taylor is then shot five times and dies within a minute.
Itâs a fucking shit show. One of the officers was fired, for
an extreme indifference to the value of human life.
And thatâs the issue really. These officers donât see black lives as human lives. Theyâre there to be raided without warning and shot to death. Fire first, ask questions later.
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The real problem in the US is the rules of engagement for the police. The circumstances under which they can draw and discharge firearms is so loose, that its no surprise this shit happens.
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Seems to happen to black people a lot more. The massive per-capita death by cop difference between black and white demographics cannot be explained on the basis of rules of engagement alone.
Itâs beyond even that really. The issue is that gun ownership is so widespread there, shit is absolutely certain to happen. I remember reading a report about some fuckwit in Pigsknuckle, Arkansas who couldnât be bothered to drill a hole in his wall and just fired a shot through it from some powerful handgun. It went through the wall alright, then through his wifeâs head who was standing outside chatting with the neighbours. All the remarks from his family and friends were along the lines of âthe poor guy, such a terrible thing to happen to him,â blah blah blah, not one of them questioned the sheer fatal fucking stupidity of it.
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It can be explained by watching the footage of the cop with his knee on George Floydâs neck, slowly choking him to death, for nine minutes while Floyd was pleading for his life. Knowing he was being filmed, smiling at the camera as he did it. âLook what i can doâ!