{"id":365526,"date":"2020-09-23T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=365526"},"modified":"2020-09-24T15:48:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T19:48:49","slug":"louisville-preps-for-breonna-taylor-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2020\/09\/23\/louisville-preps-for-breonna-taylor-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferguson Rerun: Louisville Braces for Breonna Taylor Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: The mayor of Louisville came out right before the program began — maybe right as the program was beginning, claiming that — “claiming.” He was saying that a grand jury report on the Breonna Taylor murder would be revealed at 1:30. The way he made it look was like all hell is about to break loose in Louisville.<\/p>\n

Now, the mayor has since put a curfew in place for Louisville ahead of the grand jury report. (Snort!) That kind of tells you what he thinks is going to be the reaction to the grand jury report, doesn\u2019t it? He put a curfew in place. So I don\u2019t know. I just… I remember the grand jury report in Ferguson, and it clears the cop. Remember what happened in Ferguson.<\/p>\n

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A total lie got its hooks into our country deeply, and it survived. The lie was “hands up, don\u2019t shoot.” The lie was “the gentle giant,” Michael Brown, was minding his own business walking down the street on a Saturday afternoon in Ferguson, Missouri — and what was he doing? Why, he was… It was August, and he was thinking fondly of how, in just a few weeks, he was going to be going away to college and a new chapter in his life, a young life filled with promise.<\/p>\n

And then this racist cop happened to drive by, and the racist cop happened to see that this black kid was walking along on the sidewalk and decided just to shoot him. And the cop went in there and Michael Brown saw what was gonna happen, put his hands up, and said, “Don\u2019t shoot, don\u2019t shoot;” the cop pulled the trigger. That lie still exists.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like the lie in Charlottesville where Trump supposedly praised skinhead Nazis as being good people. He never did. He never even got close to saying that. But that\u2019s another lie with hooks deep into our society and culture. Same thing happened in Ferguson. Then the grand jury report came out. The grand jury report was the truth. It said that the guy had held up a convenience store.<\/p>\n

He had been high on marijuana. He was walking in the middle of the street, not on the sidewalk, and there was no way he was thinking about going away to college. And, furthermore, when the cop attempted to get him to stop walking in the middle of the street, he attempted to get the cop\u2019s gun by jumping inside the cop\u2019s car. And that\u2019s why the cop responded the way he did.<\/p>\n

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But, noooo! I mean, even the St. Louis Rams players are being introduced before the game with their hands up, as in “hands up, don\u2019t shoot,” and it didn\u2019t happen. So now we have the grand jury reports that\u2019s gonna be announced in less than a half hour in Louisville. And whatever it is, probably, the mayor there is worried it\u2019s gonna cause all hell to break loose, and he\u2019s put a curfew on for tonight.<\/p>\n

But the city… I think the city of Louisville has already — without even a verdict — paid her family a lot of money. So we shall see.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Louisville has been boarding up for days in preparation for riots following the release of the grand jury report today. So, anyway, yeah, you could almost say there\u2019s no way that a sane grand jury should indict a cop for shooting back after being shot at. So we\u2019ll have to wait and see what\u2019s gonna happen.<\/p>\n

The bottom line in the Breonna Taylor case, the cops knocked down the door. Her boyfriend shot at the cops, and the cops shot back. (interruption) What\u2019s that you say, feminism, welfare has done more to damage society than feminism? Well, maybe. Welfare\u2019s been out there for much longer than feminism has. (interruption) The cops did what? (interruption) The cops hit the wrong house in the raid?<\/p>\n

(interruption) The cops were raiding the wrong house when they were fired at? Well, then how did her boyfriend get shot? If they were at the wrong place — (interruption) Oh. Okay. So in your mind the cops are guilty here and need to be — (interruption) Tragic mistake. Okay. Well, that\u2019s not gonna satisfy anybody. Well, I don\u2019t care. It may be what happened, but it\u2019s not gonna satisfy anybody. It\u2019s like “hands up, don\u2019t shoot” gonna be the only thing that was gonna work in Ferguson.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: We\u2019re doing our best here to keep what\u2019s happening in Louisville in some sort of explainable fashion. So here it is, as best I can explain this to you now: “A grand jury has indicted one of three officers on criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. Six months after her death in Louisville, the Jefferson County grand jury has voted to indict Officer Brett Hankison.”<\/p>\n

Now, “ahead of the announcement the Louisville mayor announced a curfew, and the Louisville Police Department said that the U.S. National Guard has been activated.” So the mayor is convinced that all hell is gonna break loose because the mayor of Louisville is convinced that this is not going to satisfy certain segments of the population.<\/p>\n

So the former detective, Brett Hankison, “has been indicted on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly was not indicted. Detective Myles Cosgrove was not indicted.” So if I understand what\u2019s going on here, the cop who was indicted has already been fired. He was charged with wanton endangerment of the neighbors who lived in apartments around Breonna Taylor\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n

There are reports that the protesters standing outside the courthouse are confused and livid. Now, I think “livid” is probably true, and they may be confused, but I don\u2019t… I think whatever the grand jury came out with today, these people that everybody\u2019s worried about rioting and so forth were gonna do it anyway. Now, we have an audio sound bite here from a CNN reporter by the name of…<\/p>\n

\"\"What is his name? Shimon Prokupecz or maybe it\u2019s “Procupez” or “Kopacek,” or “Kopoocek.” no, P-r-o-k-u-p-e-c-z. Prokupess. Prokupic. Prokupecz. Prokupez. I think I\u2019ve covered it there. Anyway, his report on the grand jury indicting the former police officer Brett Hankison on three counts. Here\u2019s the report. We\u2019ll hear what he says.<\/p>\n

PROKUPECZ: People here are very upset about this, Brianna. We have some folks here. So there — there is a woman who I was talking to; she in tears over this decision by the grand jury because they feel the prosecutor did not go far enough. And if reaction from here is any indication, then this indictment is not gonna be sufficient for a lot of people who\u2019ve been out here protesting every day, sitting here for weeks calling for justice.<\/p>\n

PROTESTERS: (shouting on cue)<\/p>\n

PROKUPECZ: Uh, you can hear behind me already. I think a lot of people, Brianna, are gonna be very unhappy about this.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that it sounds like CNN giving a thumbs down to the grand jury report. It sounds like CNN is saying, “Go ahead and burn it down, gang!” Does it sound like that to you? Pretty much. CNN would like to see it burn down. All that coverage, blame it on Trump, blame everything on Trump, see where they can get… So that\u2019s the status.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: The Kentucky attorney general is a Republican, Daniel Cameron. You\u2019ve heard. He was great at the Republican convention. He\u2019s African-American.<\/p>\n