How can the Breonna Taylor grand jury reach its result? Because the officers who directly returned fire were operating under a series of SCOTUS precedents that made clashes between armed homeowners 1) lawful; 2) inevitable; and 3) unjust (short thread): https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/supreme-court-precedent-killed-breonna

SCOTUS has given police wide latitude to violently enter homes. Castle doctrine gives homeowners wide latitude to defend themselves. Thus, you can have a terrible, violent clash that EMPOWERED by the law, and you will end up with lawful tragedy. /2

There's a difference between officers serving a lawful (though unjustly granted) warrant returning aimed fire and the officer who wantonly fired outside the apartment. The grand jury decision properly reflects that distinction. /3

But all this means that the legal standards (and tactics) should CHANGE. This will happen again and again until they do. We grieve Breonna Taylor's loss. The law set this in motion, and the legal forces are still in motion. More lives will be lost /end