ICHEOKU says the only thing which bothers ICHEOKU is why the boyfriend who fired first at the police was not the one killed or shot. Instead it was his girlfriend Breonna Taylor that was killed in the altercation with over six bullets fired into her. Did the police not have lighted guns to see the direction where the shot was fired or they blindly unloaded their weapons indiscriminately.
The fact that her death was ruled a homicide by the coroner notwithstanding, the police could only have been charged for her death if they had no justification for discharging their weapons. But the police were fired at first before they returned the shots that killed Breonna Taylor as they are authorized to do. If anyone were to be guilty for Breona's death, it would be her boyfriend who provoked the circumstances that led to her being killed by firing at the police. This brings up the other unsatisfactorily unresolved question whether the police announced their entry and if, why did the boyfriend still fire at them and if not, why he fired only one shot instead of emptying his weapon if indeed he believed his life and that of his girlfriend were in danger.
The other issue here is whether the police could have entered the apartment to serve a no knock warrant and if yes, then they acted lawfully, hence a justifiable homicide. It is true that the law often looks strange to many who have no legal knowledge or understanding, as many things in law often are not always what they seem, the reason some deaths are ruled differently. Yes, homicide is a death not caused by the victim but not all such deaths are indictable including accidents and justifiable killing. So, yes Breona did not kill herself but that did not mean that the police that killed her are guilty as they acted under circumstances they were allowed to act. Her death is unfortunate but it is what it is and the people should move on.
ICHEOKU says believes that the City of Louisville have demonstrated their remorse for the unfortunate incident by coughing up a huge sum of money to compensate the family of Breonna for her death; twelve million dollars is a huge settlement by any standards imagined or measured. But that is where it stops as they cannot indict where there is no legally permissible ground to indict. Also the Attorney General of Kentucky is a black man and he would not necessarily be a party to any cover up, assuming there was one in the first place.
ICHEOKU says those encouraging riots or demanding for the heads of those policemen should first try to understand the criminal law involved so that they may be better acquainted on what happened. Enough of the stirring of trouble which unfortunately have now ended the observation of respect for the departed RBG. May both Breonna Taylor's and RBG's souls now rest and let the family of Breonna as well as Kentuckians and the nation move on.
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Christy 'Apena' Essien-Igbokwe , the wife of Jegede Shokoya of the New Masquerade and Nigeria's lady of songs is dead; she was 51years old. Although her family claimed that "brief Illness" killed her like so many Nigerians; Icheoku retorts that it was most likely AKwa Ibom voodoo and remote control that was used to arrest her. It is on record that she had fallen out with the governor of her native Akwa Ibiom State and have been having a relentless war for political turf with the governor? So who knows whether she was sacrificed to Ekpe cult or even Alusi-Okija as an offal; afterall African science is still very much alive and portent. May her soul rest in peace.
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