How can the Breonna Taylor grand jury reach its result? Because the officers who directly returned fire were operating under a series of SCOTUS precedents that made clashes between armed homeowners 1) lawful; 2) inevitable; and 3) unjust (short thread): https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/supreme-court-precedent-killed-breonna">https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/supreme...

SCOTUS has given police wide latitude to violently enter homes. Castle doctrine gives homeowners wide latitude to defend themselves. Thus, you can have a terrible, violent clash that EMPOWERED by the law, and you will end up with lawful tragedy. /2

There& #39;s a difference between officers serving a lawful (though unjustly granted) warrant returning aimed fire and the officer who wantonly fired outside the apartment. The grand jury decision properly reflects that distinction. /3

But all this means that the legal standards (and tactics) should CHANGE. This will happen again and again until they do. We grieve Breonna Taylor& #39;s loss. The law set this in motion, and the legal forces are still in motion. More lives will be lost /end