The Breonna Taylor Case

In episode 3, Season 2 of the podcast, Attorney Rosensweig is breaking down each aspect of the Breonna Taylor case so that her listeners can really understand what questions they might ask when assessing whether the officers should have been put on trial for her death. Attorney Rosensweig goes over the following: 1) Were there sufficient grounds for a search warrant to have been issued? 2) Should the search warrant have been a knock and announce as opposed to a no-knock warrant? 3) Did the castle doctrine provide Breonna Taylor's boyfriend a legitimate defense in shooting an officer when law enforcement barged into their apartment in the middle of the night in plain clothes? 4) How dangerous are no-knock warrants, especially in states where there is the castle doctrine? 5) Did the police use excessive force when firing 32 bullets in response to 1? 6) What exactly happened with the grand jury and who is to blame for these officers walking free? This is a complex episode but one worth listening to, especially if you want to understand the systemic challenges that exist within the criminal justice system.
Also, please check out the most recent episode of Be Here for a While on which Attorney Rosensweig was a guest this week; and, please check out her Covid-19 children's book, Bailey Bloom and the Battle of the Bug.