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How Breonna Taylor Landed in the Middle of a Deadly Drug Raid

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In a New York Times piece, "Breonna Taylor's Life Was Changing. Then the Police Came to Her Door," correspondent Rukmini Callimachi uncovers details about the story of Breonna Taylor, the young woman in Kentucky who was killed by police during a drug raid on her home earlier this year. Drawing from various interviews, documents and recordings, Callimachi weaves together how an ex-boyfriend’s run-ins with the law and police mishandling of the raid ultimately led to Taylor’s tragic death just as her life was changing for the better. Only one of the three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Taylor has been fired and none have been arrested even as calls for "Justice for Breonna Taylor" continue in the streets and on social media. Callimachi joins us to shed more light on the life and death of Breonna Taylor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We're joined now by New York Times correspondent Rukmini Kalamaki.

1:14.0

Kalamaki has uncovered details about the story of Brianna Taylor, the young woman in Kentucky,

1:19.6

who was killed by police during a drug raid on her home in March.

1:23.4

Using interviews, documents, and recordings, Kalamaki pieces together how Taylor ended up in the middle of a drug raid and how officers mishandled it.

1:32.3

One of the three officers involved in the killing of Taylor has been fired and none have been arrested months after her death, as calls for justice continue in the streets and on social media.

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Rukmini Kalamaki, thanks so much for joining us.

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Thank you for having me.

1:48.1

You know, there were some really key and important details that I learned from your

1:52.0

piece in the New York Times, which is titled,

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Brianna Taylor's life was changing.

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Then the police came to her door.

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