S4 E24 - Black Heroes - Breonna Taylor versus Clarence Thomas

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The Untold Truth About Breonna Taylor: Media Myths vs. Reality

In this episode of The 10th Man, the real story behind Breonna Taylor, challenging the media narrative that has shaped her legacy. Examining her short-lived career as an EMT, her associations with drug dealers, and the circumstances surrounding her tragic death, the video aims to uncover the facts that the mainstream outlets often overlook. We also compare Taylor's media portrayal to figures like Justice Clarence Thomas and Dr. Ben Carson, who faced vilification despite their significant achievements. Join us for an eye-opening discussion that questions the narratives fed by the media.

00:00 Introduction: Say Her Name
00:37 The Media's False Narrative
01:06 Breonna Taylor's Real Story
01:47 The Aftermath and Settlements
03:08 The Company She Kept
04:31 Questioning the Hero Narrative
06:28 Comparisons to Other Figures
08:28 Conclusion: The 10th Man Perspective

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Episode Transcript

The Tenth Man (00:00):
They want you to say her name.
Her name is Brianna Taylor, andwe're saying the part they
forgot today on the 10th man,black fatigue is real and it's
directed squarely at blackculture.
Not the people.

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Everybody still judges people asindividuals, but when you see
black leaders like Oprah and AlSharpton attacking the police in
support of criminals and losers,you can see the culture is
bankrupt.
Today's false idol is BreonnaTaylor.
You've seen the photo BreonnaTaylor in an EMT uniform, stoic,

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serious.
A symbol of systemic injustice.
But here's the truth, the mediadoesn't want you to know she
wasn't working as an EMT whenshe died.
She only did the job for fivemonths.
And the rest of her story, let'sjust say it doesn't quite fit
the halo they built around her.

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Briana Taylor was an EMT forjust five months in 2016, not
five years, not even one fullyear, just long enough to not
complete her probation, and thenshe left or possibly quit before
she got canned.
After that, she worked in ahospital as an ER tech, not a

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first responder, not out savinglives in the street.
Yet every major outlet keptpushing the EMT image because a
woman in uniform is easier tosanctify than a woman with,
let's say, a complicatedbackstory.
The city of Louisville, Kentuckypaid Breonna Taylor's estate$12

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million.
Why.
Not because the raid wasunlawful.
A judge signed the warrant.
Not because the officers wereracist.
They weren't.
But only because the optics wereradioactive.
And her boyfriend, KennethWalker, the man who shot a cop
during the raid, he walked awaywith a$2 million settlement of

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his own after leading Breonnainto the hallway where she was
shot.
He was unharmed, she died andnow he's rich.
Meanwhile, Sergeant JonathanMattingly, the cop who got shot,
sued Walker for damages andlost.
That's right, the woundedofficer sued his shooter and

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lost in court.
I guess there is separatejustice for millionaires.
So go ahead, tell me again whothe victim is in this story.
Before we continue, if you'redone with phony narratives,
built around scrubbed bios andstaged uniforms, hit like and
subscribe.
And click notifications becausethe algorithm will never tell

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you what we're about to walkthrough.
The media painted her as a nursein Scrubs, but let's talk about
the company she really kept.
Breonna Taylor dated not one,but two drug dealers.
The first was JaMarcus Glover, amajor narcotics trafficker in
Louisville.
Her car was used in hisoperations.

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Her apartment was one of severalof his drop houses being raided
that night.
And the second Kenneth Walker,the Loser she let shack up with
her and who fired at police andstarted the chaos that night.
When Walker came out shooting,it was probably because he
thought Glover was back on withBreonna.

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Brianna loved being a healthcareprofessional, said her sister
Janiah, but somewhere along theline that love didn't stop her
from aiding drug distribution.
Her name was on the rental carand it was tied to a murder.
Her address was used to run atrap operation.
Meanwhile, drug overdose deathswere and still are skyrocketing,

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but we are told this is who weshould honor.
She supposedly wanted to be anurse.
While millions of families areburying kids from the very
drugs, these men pumped into thestreets.
Oh and two murders were tiedback to this healthcare
professional throughassociations with her ex, but
they don't talk about that.

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It doesn't fit the hashtag.
Now ask yourself if she was anEMT and a medical professional,
where are her glowingperformance reviews?
Where are the, she saved my lifeStories from patients or from
coworkers?
They don't exist because shewasn't in the job long enough to

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make a dent.
If she had been exceptional, I'msure we would've heard about it.
Instead, we just get the uniformphoto over and over with nothing
else to show for it.
And that photo, it was taken in20 16, 4 years before her death.
It shows her during the fivemonth job she left before even

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completing probation.
Yet that outdated image becamethe emotional centerpiece of a
national movement Repeated overand over not because it
reflected reality, but becauseit fits the script.
And that's what it takes totrain AI and the search engines,
and we told you all about thatin the last podcast.

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Now, let's step back.
Why do the media elevate somepeople and bury others based not
on character or achievement, buton narrative?
Breonna Taylor was a woman whomade some very poor choices.
She dated drug dealers, let oneuse her address and walked into

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a hallway behind a man whoopened fire on cops.
She was probably rushing to thedoor to cover for him, we don't
know.
But she wasn't shot in hersleep.
She wasn't saving lives.
She was in the cross hairs of adrug investigation, and sadly,
her death was the result of achain of bad decisions, many of

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them hers.
And yet she gets the murals.
The Oprah Magazine cover thelegacy, the imaginary career,
and future grandioseaspirations.
Now compare that to someone likeJustice Clarence Thomas.
Born into poverty in thesegregated south.
He rose to become the secondblack Supreme Court justice in

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US history.
But because he doesn't followthe left's political script,
he's smeared as a traitor to hisrace.
While less accomplished men withrap sheets, get the hero
treatment.
Now also compare that to someonelike Dr.
Ben Carson.
Like Taylor, he was raised inMichigan by a single mother in

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poverty, became the firstsurgeon, period to separate
conjoined twins at the brain.
Built a medical legacy.
So profound.
They made a Hollywood movieabout him starring Cuba Gooding
Jr.
But then he joined Trump'scabinet.
Instantly the media turned onhim.
I called him a token and UncleTom, a sellout.

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Not for failing for succeeding,but on the wrong team.
Or take Bill Cosby.
Let's be very clear.
This is not a defense of anyalleged crimes, but the attacks
on Cosby began long before anycourtroom drama.
Back in 2004, Cosby gave acontroversial speech, the famous

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pound cake speech, calling outfatherlessness, crime and a lack
of personal responsibility inthe black community, and
suddenly the tide shifted.
The man who once told America toget an education and raise their
kids right, became a target.
Not for what he did, but forwhat he said.

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Now, years later, theallegations that finally took
him down may be serious, but thecultural assassination began
long before any accusers cameforward.
And you can't help but wonder ifthe momentum behind those
allegations had more to do withwhat he represented than what he
allegedly did.
So here's the truth.

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Breonna Taylor wasn't a lifelongEMT.
She wasn't a hero.
She was a woman with poorjudgment surrounded by dangerous
men, and the media scrubbed herhistory cleaner than a campaign
ad.
If they have to lie to makesomeone a martyr, maybe they're
not a martyr.

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Maybe they're a marketingcampaign pain.
This is the 10th man.
We don't follow the crowd.
We ask the questions the mediarefuse to.