It's hard not to compare and contrast what's happening in the Breonna Taylor case to what our illustrious courts have held over the years about the felony murder rule.

They've found that when you embark on a criminal enterprise, you can be held liable for murder if someone dies as a result *even if you didn't kill them, didn't intend to kill them, and weren't even around when they were killed*

The Supreme Court has found that in a situation like that you can be given the death penalty.

The argument they fall back on is that, even if you don't want anybody to get hurt, your decision to rob that liquor store puts everyone involved in danger.

That's why they'll charge you with murder if your accomplice blows the cashier away, or it the cashier shoots your accomplice.

To which I say to our illustrious black-robed philospher kings: what about the police?

When plainclothes officers conduct no-knock raids in the middle of the night, that puts everyone involved at risk.

When you throw flashbang grenades into a home, you run the risk of burning it down, or badly injuring the people inside.

But the police bear no responsibility at all when they do such things. If their recklessness destroys your property, injures you, or kills your loved ones, tough shit.

Not only will they not be charged with crimes (you, in the same situation, would be charged with first degree murder), but you won't even be able to successfully sue them after the fact. They probably won't even lose their jobs.