My Humble Thoughts On the Louisville Breonna Taylor Episode

 Eleven thoughts.

1.  Oddly, before any of this police action on 13 March 2020 (where she died)....Taylor and a guy with a last name of Glover.....rented a car in December of 2016.  They 'loaned' the car to a guy named Fernandez Bowman....who was found shot eight times.....in the car.  

Nothing much over the Bowman-dead story has ever been discussed.  Police did examine the car and just note that it was a rental....which ties Taylor and Glover to it. 

For most people....if you ever rented a car, you probably wouldn't loan it to someone. Added to this....you might be in for problems as you handed it back to the rental company....with shot-holes in it.

Whoever shot the guy....unloaded the whole clip into him.  It was personal.  

2.  In this period of 2016 to 2020....just a fair amount of stories where Glover has money coming in and Taylor is part of some handling of the money.  Just about everything says 'drug's when you figure how the money moves.

3.  Local cops are continually focused on Glover and a second guy (Walker) for this whole period. 2017 goes by.....2018 goes by....2019 goes by.  Just aa lot of watching.

4.  Local cops get a 'no-knock' search warrant for early 2020....for a residence that Taylor resides at.  Why?  They seem to believe that the drugs arrive there and get dispersed out to Glover/Walker.  

Here's the odd thing....the cops say that postal authorities are involved and reviewing packages that are delivered there.  After the screwed-up raid....the postal authorities are dragged up to a judge and say 'no'....they never saw such packages.  It would appear someone simply make up a lie...to cover the request for the raid.  

5.  There's about ten different ways of looking how they raided the apartment on 13 March 2020.  He said....she said situation.

Taylor's new BF (at this point) says he and Taylor both thought this was a criminal gang breaking into the apartment.  

The warning shot fired (either by Taylor or the BF)?  This is up for discussion.  The BF said he fired it originally....later saying it was Taylor.

The one cop hit?  There's a fair amount of discussion....that this warning shot fired....didn't hit him, and maybe a round from the other police instead....was the cause of the wound.

6.  How many rounds did the cops fire?  Well....32 rounds.  Yeah, it was a pretty fierce gun-battle on their part.  Taylor was hit by a minimum of five of them (maybe even six).

7.  Here's the odd thing....after all these rounds fired and the excitement of the moment.....there's zero evidence that the search warrant was ever presented (to either Taylor or the BF).  Oddly, there's not a complete search of the apartment for drugs, money or whatever....afterwards.

8. Oddly, about 7 months would pass, and this 'friend' of Glover was found dead (Walker, 19 Nov 2020).  All cops say....he's found shot dead....end of the story.  

9.  Was Breonna hanging out with the wrong crowd?  That part isn't really disputable.  If she'd just been dating....it was marginally bad.  But the part where the rental car was part of some associate's death....just makes her friendships suspect.  

10.  Was the no-knock raid crapped-up?  Yeah.  There's a dozen smarter ways this could have been handled....even serving the search warrant while they were out of the residence.  

11.  Excessive shooting?  You can discuss this a good bit.  I'm more shocked that only one cop was wounded in this mess.  

So to the final note, on wrongful death dynamics....on a scale of one to ten....it's a solid ten.  Just a lot of errors that kept piling up and no one suggesting better ways of doing things. 

How Does a Run On a Bank Really Start Up?

 This is my descriptive 'trail'.

You'd be laying there around midnight when the phone rings.  It's your cousin, who is hyped...possibly drunk....telling you to go into the bank when it opens and remove your money.  Nothing much makes sense....but he says two key facts.  

You hang up....thinking he was just drunk.  Thirty minutes pass, with you thinking about these two key things that he said.

You get up and figure....what the hell, I'll call my church friend....Deacon Bob. Yes, at 12:30 to 1:00 AM....you call him up.

Deacon Bob is married to a gal who works in the bank. 

After about 12 rings, Deacon Bob picks up and you greet him with some witty Bible verse....to launch into what your cousin said.  After two minutes of your chatter....Deacon Bob is quiet for about 20 seconds, then responds that 'yes, there's some issues at the bank'. 

It's not a big bank, but it's part of some 20 bank 'chain' in the state.

Deacon Bob then explains about some bond program, and crappy management by two bank executives, and how they are 100-million into a crisis period.

Deacon Bob then says....things might smooth out and resolve itself.  The bank is looking at selling itself to a sister-bank.  

You thank Deacon Bob and tell him you feel reassured (you really aren't reassured).

After hanging up....you call your business associate and two friends....to suggest immediately removing all cash at 9 AM when they open.

You arrive at 7 AM.....to find there's already sixty people in line.  By 9 AM.....there's more than 400 people in line.

While the bank opens, they are limiting entry to only 8 people at a time. 

As customer 12 exits....the guard locks the door.  Basically....all cash that the bank held is gone.  Some clerk does come out and says they've ordered more cash.  It'll be delivered shortly after 1 PM.  But then comes the key note....things are hectic and you will be limited to only $5,000 on a withdrawal (per week).

This is your basic run script.  

In 1929, business operations that tried to continue on....couldn't get the employee pay situation under control.  On the books, they had a $100,000 in the bank and should be able to walk in and ask for $8,000 a month for employee salary.  Well....the banks couldn't issue the $8,000 and so the commercial operation ceased operation.  One after another....shut down because capital flow could not be accomplished.  

Restarting the flow?  With what cash?  Throughout the 1929 to WW II starting up....there was no cash flow.  The fed?  Either intentionally or just so weakened by the mess....they just left the crap on the floor.