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Breonna Taylor was killed during the execution of a warrant involving a paramedic.

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4 contradict4 support
Said
1 time·
Confidence
60%
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The record supports that Breonna Taylor, a paramedic/EMT, was fatally shot by Louisville police executing a warrant at her home. Read literally, though, the claim says the warrant involved a paramedic, and the sources say the warrant targeted another man's address and Taylor was its victim, not a party to it.

Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.

Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.

What was said

… So, tried to turn him into things. I remember are the one that wasn't even police related; it was the kid in Florida and the security guy that shot him. Oh, yeah, ah, George Zimmer oh, yeah. Then you had Michael Brown. Yeah, Brianna Taylor was post george Floyd II, if I'm not mistaken. Oh, that was paramedic on the warrant. That was one of my my favorite bits of, like, modern sensational politics just being retarded is, ah, that you had, ah, all those people that gathered around that restaurant that were harassing the shit out of Senator Rand Paul and his wife. …
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What we found

Contradicts. Sources state the warrant was for a narcotics investigation targeting her ex-boyfriend's mail and not for Taylor, and that she was in bed when officers entered; none describe her as involved in the warrant's execution. This contradicts the literal reading that a paramedic was involved in the warrant.[1][3][4][5]

Supports. Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources confirm that police executed a search warrant at Taylor's home in March 2020 and fatally shot her.[1][2][3][6]

Supports. NPR and Newsweek describe Taylor as an EMT or paramedic, and the ACLU describes her as a devoted paramedic, so the occupation in the claim is supported.[6][7][8]

Context. The post itself is garbled ('that was paramedic on the warrant'), so the intended meaning is most likely that Taylor was a paramedic killed during the warrant, which the sources support.

Sources

8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 4 not rated, 1 tier 2

  1. 1Does a Viral Meme Accurately Describe Police Treatment of White, Black Suspects?snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
  2. 2Police release details of Breonna Taylor investigation | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  3. 3Breonna Taylor: What happened on the night of her death? - BBCbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts, supports
  4. 4What we know about Breonna Taylor’s death and the ongoing ...abcnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
  5. 54 current and former officers federally charged in raid that killed Breonna Taylorkpbs.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
  6. 6Shooting Of Unarmed Black Woman In Kentucky Raises A Lot Of Questionsnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
  7. 7Everything we know about the fatal Kentucky police shooting of Breonna Taylornewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  8. 8Breonna Taylor was killed during a no-knock warrant. We can't let that happen in Nevada. - ACLU of Nevadaaclunv.org · not rated · cited for: supports

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