Tomi Lahren Blames Boyfriend In Breonna Taylor Shooting
Former television host and commentator Tomi Lahren weighed in on the shooting of Breonna Taylor, the decision not to charge officers in her death, and the protests following. In a series of tweets, she blamed Taylor’s boyfriend for her death, said that the shooting was a “tragedy but not a murder,” and said that Black Lives Matter activists are using this as an ‘excuse’ to destroy communities, harass people, and attack officers.
Though one officer involved in the Breonna Taylor case was charged, Brett Hankison was charged with ‘wanton endangerment,’ because his shots went through walls, potentially endangering neighbors. The other two officers involved were not charged with any crime. After the announcement Wednesday afternoon, white militia members, armed and wearing protective gear, walked through the streets of Louisville, preparing for protests.
While protestors demonstrated to call for justice, one man shot two police officers, as CBS reports, and Governor Andy Beshear pleaded with protestors and militia members to all go home, and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer implored, “If you want to protest, please return during the daylight to peaceably protest. Violence does not get us any closer to a fair, just and equitable Louisville.”
Tomi Lahren took to Twitter to blame Kenneth Walker for firing a warning shot when he heard people entering his home, suggesting he was at fault for the death of his girlfriend, Breonna Taylor, to repeatedly declare the death ‘not a murder,’ and to accuse activists of using it as an ‘excuse’ to destroy property and hate police.
Interesting how you conveniently ignore the fact her boyfriend SHOT FIRST. https://t.co/nMYh8iV1kW
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) September 24, 2020
What happened to Breonna Taylor is a horrible tragedy but for the Left to assert the officers came in to attack her in a blind and racist rage is a LIE and to burn down and ravage yet another community over it is not justice and not acceptable.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) September 23, 2020
The broadly made claim is not that officers shot Taylor in a ‘racist rage,’ but that the way the system responds to Black suspects, the way the system handles the deaths of innocent Black people, and the way society responds to the deaths of innocent Black people, is a function of systemic racism.
She lashed out at protestors, conflating masses of peaceful protestors and mourners with individuals destroying property, and the individual who shot two officers and is in custody.
Regardless of what the race-baiters on the Left encourage you to believe, you DO NOT have the right to destroy the property of others or the community because you didn’t get your way. #LawAndOrder
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) September 23, 2020
At least 2 officers shot in Louisville tonight. This is not a protest, there are lawless thugs waging a war on cops and a war on law and order. Disgusting!!! #BlueLivesMatter
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) September 24, 2020
It is your right to mourn the loss of Breonna Taylor. It is your right to demand an investigation. It is your right to be angry with the charges or lack there of. It is NOT your right to riot, loot and burn and it is NOT your right to attack innocent officers.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) September 24, 2020
Lahren repeatedly claimed that the Black Lives Matter is just ‘an excuse’ for people who want to behave lawlessly, destroy property, and attack police.
The merits, charges & indictments in this case never mattered. As we’ve seen since BLM was started, it’s all just an excuse to riot, loot and burn. Justice never mattered to this movement & it never will so long as this lawless behavior is encouraged and excused by the Left.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) September 24, 2020
And for BLM activists and others to think they are now entitled to destroy communities, harass and intimidate people on the street and attack officers is BS. You don’t get a pass because you’re angry. That’s not how it works.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) September 24, 2020
Notably, Tomi Lahren has also lashed out at athletes kneeling in protest at games, which is nonviolent activism, and does not differentiate between protestors who are crying, singing, or chanting, and the individuals who engage in violent activity. She also seems to have nothing to say about white militia members showing up with weapons.