Media Declares "Violence Is Inevitable" As 2 Cops Shot In Louisville; Reporters Arrested In Aggressive Police Crackdown
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Media Declares "Violence Is Inevitable" As 2 Cops Shot In Louisville; Reporters Arrested In Aggressive Police Crackdown Tyler Durden Thu, 09/24/2020 - 06:45

As we reported last night, protesters hit the streets in Louisville, NYC, LA, Denver, Oakland, Washington DC and other cities across the US after a Kentucky grand jury decided that no officers would be charged in the killing of Breonna Taylor, a tragic accident that was the result of officers serving a "no-knock" warrant.

In Louisville, the city where Taylor was shot and killed, 2 police were shot as gunfire broke out downtown after hundreds "peacefully" marched earlier in the evening. But as has become distressingly familiar, the real hard-core agitators came out after dark. A suspect in the shooting of the two officers was taken into custody shortly after, but he wasn't the only "protester" who was packing heat at the "non-violent demonstration."

Amazingly, left-leaning media outlets had the gall to frame the shooting of two police as an "inevitable", while framing the events of last night in distorted terms that served to support their narrative of a corrupt justice system absolving three murderers, instead of reporting the facts: that a jury of their peers - not some unassailable magistrate - decided on the indictments for the three officers.

The Daily Beast reported that none of the officers were charged for Breonna Taylor's killing. While that's technically true - officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing into a nearby occupied apartment, not for the shots that killed Taylor, which were fired by a colleague - the result is misleading, and intentionally so, we suspect.

But we digress. Circling back to the events of Wednesday night, the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department - better known as the LMPD - aggressively enforced curfew violations after the shooting. Several reporters - including two journalists for the Daily Caller - were arrested during the sweep, and despite protests from their editors, were charged with breaking curfew and attending an "unlawful" assembly. It's believed that dozens of protesters and reporters were taken into custody during the sweep of Jefferson Square, which has served as the base for BLM protesters who have been out demonstrating every night for the past 118 days.

The DC reporters arrested included Jorge Ventura and Shelby Talcott.

When editors reached out, the department refused to budge.

Circling back to the wounded officers, Interim LMPD chief Robert Schroeder confirmed the two officers had been shot and sustained life-threatened injuries, and that a suspect was in custody. One of the officers was shot in the abdomen, while the the other was shot in the thigh.

"I am very concerned about the safety of our officers," Schroeder said. "Obviously we’ve had two officers shot tonight, and that is very serious. ... I think the safety of our officers and the community we serve is of the utmost importance," Schroeder said, according to the Courier-Journal.

As of 11pm local time on Thursday, police had arrested 46 people, which includes those arrested in the sweep of Jefferson Square, which reportedly happened around 8pm.

Independent video journalist Brendan Gutenschwager narrowly avoided arrest last night. Afterward, he chronicled the eerily silent streets, and surveyed the damage.

Thousands gathered across NYC and LA, and hundreds more in Portland, Chicago, Atlanta and other cities around the country as others marched "in solidarity".

Expect the unrest to continue Thursday, as it has for nearly 120 days.


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