However, many media outlets, including even the Charlotte Observer, continue to publish inaccurate and inflammatory statements that Breonna Taylor was shot to death while sleeping. Many celebrities and athletes, some (such as Simone Biles) expressly relying on the false reports, continue to call for murder charges, no matter what. Protesters have tried to intimidate Kentucky's Attorney General by invading his private property, and an armed militia (albeit clearly incompetent with its weapons) has been marching in Louisville "demanding" that murder charges be filed.
Realistically, the Kentucky Attorney General's office knows enough to know there is not a murder case to be filed. They have had the autopsy and ballistics reports for weeks. They have statements from all the witnesses. They have had the opportunity to evaluate the warrant application for the search of Ms. Taylor's home. They have even had ample time to pull every warrant application ever submitted by that officer to check for any pattern of false statements or abuse. Yet, not only has there been no indication of charges, but there has not even been any internal department discipline against the two officers who most likely killed Ms. Taylor, or the officer who obtained the no-knock search warrant.
The handwriting is on the wall. It is increasingly obvious that there are not going to be any murder charges, but that Kentucky's Attorney General is simply delaying the public announcement to forestall the orgy of violence, looting and arson that is likely to follow on the streets of Louisville. Unfortunately, this cannot possibly work forever, and the provocateurs and media outlets who continue to stir the pot with inflammatory falsehoods are doing their best to keep the pressure building. It seems inevitable that in some number of weeks or months, the other shoe will drop, and at least Louisville (if not all of the nation's major urban centers) will erupt into another explosion of mob violence.
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