Only as a matter or procedure, only as a matter to mitigate possible civil damages after the conclusion of a police action that goes sideways due to unforeseen circumstances. Does everyone in that area even speak English? Does everyone have good hearing? Is everyone there not cognitively impaired? See my point?
Seems that you really have no point. You're just trying, mightily, to have your baseless personal opinions accepted as "the facts" for this discussion. Sorry, but I'm the wrong guy for that.
The above is more nonsense, from you. Sorry, it's NOT simply a "matter of procedure". It's a standard, one that was by ALL accounts, not met. One of 12 witnesses says they heard the police announce themselves...and that guy says they said it only once. Everyone else, including Taylor's boyfriend, denied hearing anything (which makes since, if they were all asleep at 1 a.m. and the police only announced themselves ONE time before blowing the door off its hinges and storming the apartment). Clearly, the police did not meet the standard for a "knock and announce" entrance. That's what lead to the death of Breonna. Neither she, nor her boyfriend had criminal records.
Announcing is only a matter of form it doesn't really change much when things are happening instantanously in these types of police actions. The only other alternative would be to bring in 50 officers, establish a perimiter, get on the bull horn and announce to the entire city block their intentions to serve a warrant as people to shelter in their homes, and then to demand the subject(s) come out with their hands in the air. But such an operation is expensive and there just aren't enough police to do that 3-4 times every day within an area of operations.
Again, you're jus making up stuff. This is just ridiculous, fact-free Strawman logic, here. I'm not interested in what you THINK makes sense. Save that for someone else.
And the same goes for the "logic" behind the "only other alternative" you proposed.
The FACT is that they already KNEW they had the suspect in custody, and that Taylor was a first-responder with no criminal record at all. They already KNEW (based on cell phone and GPS records) that Taylor had NOT been in contact with her ex-boyfriend. They already KNEW (from the postal inspection police service) ZERO packages had been delivered to/from Taylor's address from/to her ex-boyfriend. So there was ZERO justification to serve a 1 a.m. "no knock" or "knock and announce" warrant on Breonna Taylor.
Doesn't matter. You are missing the point of an announcment in that kind of situation. It is only as I said, to "dot the eye" of the local law or local police policy.
Again, this is just ignorance on your part. You don't know what you're talking about. You can't seem to differentiate between your feelings/opinions, and objective FACTS; and you seem to believe that everyone else is just pulling shit out of their hindparts, like you. I'm not. You're "dot the eye" argument is pure nonsense. I get that you THINK it makes sense...and that's enough for you...and you THINK that makes it a "fact" that others should just accept. But some people know that it's b.s. You're not one of those people, in this instance. Period.
If he was involved in any illegal activities, then his actions teeter between the actions of a reasonable law abiding citizen in their own home, and criminal involved in a criminal enterprise. His potential bad acts may define his use of a gun. Could be reasonable that he felt he was being attacked by other criminals, but he loses part of his justification due to his prior illegal actions.
More b.s. speculation disguised as "logic", I suppose. But the FACT is that Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, was NOT "involved in any illegal activities". He was a newly employed postal worker, former football player and had NO criminal history. He was COMPLETELY within his rights to defend himself (and Breonna) from intruders who did not effectively announce themselves before blowing the front door off its hinges and charging into the apartment. That's why the LMPD dropped all charges.
Like the saying goes, "trouble rides a fast horse". Good reason to avoid trouble. Don't sell drugs.
Stupid argument for this case. Just dumb.
Neither Breonna, nor her boyfriend EVER sold drugs. She's dead. He was charged with "1st degree murder" for attempting to defend himself when the police wrongly charged (unnancounced) through the door at 1 am iin the morning.
The FACT that we KNOW that before dropping all charges against Taylor's boyfriend (Ken Walker), the LMPD offered reduce the charge if Walker would LIE and say that his dead girlfriend was secretly a drug dealer.....says ALL we need to know about which side is to be believed in this case.