Almost seventh months have passed since Louisville, KY healthcare worker Breonna Taylor was killed by police in a raid-gone-wrong.
And the international outcry remains sky-high this week, following news that none of the officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter in relation to her death.
One person who isn’t part of the furious mass is basketball legend Charles Barkley.
For, during TNT’s pregame coverage of the Western Conference Finals, he offered words that have rustled the feathers of many.
See what we mean below…
Barkley said:
“I don’t think this one was like George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery and things like that.
I feel sad that this young lady lost her life. But I am worried to lump all these situations in together.
We do have to take into account that her boyfriend shot at the cops and shot a cop.”
Charles Barkley says you can’t put the Breonna Taylor case in the same situation as George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery because her boyfriend shot at the police pic.twitter.com/8dMjVMZp39
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) September 25, 2020
With socials tensions at fever-pitch, many have taken to social media to slam Barkley
People out here expecting more from #CharlesBarkley man is a good ole southern boy. He is cut from the cloth of “if black people just acted better (insert horrible incident) wouldn’t happen to them”
— Political Loaf (@ShaunDrJames) September 26, 2020
@TNTSirCharles bro you owe the Breona Taylor family an apology…. The context of your remarks were very hurtful and insensitive…. I dont think you intended for it to be taken out of context as it was
— Pastor R. Stacey Jenkins (@PastorRSJenkins) September 26, 2020
@TNTSirCharles Charles Barkley is not a Black man, Blacks do not accept him and his slave master attitude. When Barkley looks at Blacks who are in communities being murdered and facing systemic racism he forgets what his mom and grandmother had to endure in Al for hm. to be@TNT
— Jonathan Green (@jcgreen59) September 26, 2020
Never surprised at what comes out of @TNTSirCharles mouth! He is trash and has never loved a black woman since he came out of one. @RealCandaceO do us a favor and hold your breath for 5 minutes emmmkay
— Durga Muhammad (@MsDurga) September 26, 2020
Yikes!
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I agree with Charles. The only thing sad is being black being called not black because you don’t vote Democrat or have the same mindset
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Cody shut your white pie hole. You sound stupid.
This!!! As soon as you don’t agree with a case like this you’re automatically “a c***” people don’t move on facts, they move in emotions and it’s annoying. No one was in the apartment when BT’s boyfriend s*** at the cops, all we know is his excuse if he was scared. Also, her family took a multi million dollar settlement before trial. If they were really so anti cops and wanted Justice, they would’ve kept fighting until the end and not accepted a settlement. This is why I stopped going on Twitter. It’s just a bunch of idiots yelling at the wall until something sticks. Outrage culture is BS
Where is this energy when 130 people were shot in Chicago Southside in one weekend?
I understand that this killing was heartbreaking but there are hundreds being shot in one area in one weekend?
Where is the outrage and protests for that? Be consistent.
THIS!!!
We not talkin bout Chicago… Save that for a Chicago post…
Coons like you miss the entire point.. those unfortunate 130 people will more than like receive some type of justice for the crimes against them… police are suppose to be protecting and serving.. not busting in someone’s house guns blazing…
Such an ignorant, ill-informed, ridiculous, STUPID comment! Cancel him now
How IGNORANT can you be, Only Flops?
Ohhh lorddd here come the racist yt ph@gg’s to support this ignorant rhetoric!
The police intentionally turned off their body cam’s and LIED about announcing themselves.. then kicked in their door. HE HAD THE RIGHT TO SHOOT, he thought someone was breaking into their apartment!!! Many protocols were broken, the officers lied and there was a slew of corruption with this case — THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
Where’s your proof of this?
The Police were granted a NO-KNOCK warrant yet STILL knocked and made their presence known.
Even if that weren’t true and they didn’t knock, they had that right. Or should the cops just not do their job and avoid all criminals who happen to be black?
Just because he shot first doesn’t mean it’s acceptable for the police to blindly spray the apartment with 32 bullets. They should be held responsible for shooting and killing an unintended target. It’s not okay to basically throw your hands up and say “Oops.” They left the scene without even accessing whether anyone was hit and in need of emergency care.
If you want more numbers, 11 residents stated they did not hear police announce themselves in the raid. The one resident who said they did initially said he heard nothing, then he changed his story two months later in a second interview with the police and specifically quoted them as saying “This is the police.” Why did they lie and find a witness to change his story to support them if everything was by the book? It wasn’t, and that’s what got Breonna killed.
Either way, they had the right to not knock. Case dismissed. Not everything is racism.
Black men don’t want equality they want what the white man has….let that sink in. Y’all gone stop muling for these negroes.
You are white. Not even human… yet you know what black men want??? Yall get bold when the fall hits… its okay tho global warming will wipe yall translucent skinned aliens out soon enough.. lol
Yeah you must be an idiot who on this blog thinks I’m white? You new here or something? Or one of them pick me Black women mulling for black men only to get disappointed. Hear is a lil advice divest hunty.
black people will never succeed because they bring each other down. other cultures help and support each other but black people are like crabs in a bucket