LOUISVILLE – Angry protesters demanded justice for Breonna Taylor in cities across the United States on Wednesday after charges were filed against only one policeman involved in the controversial fatal shooting of the 26-year-old black woman.
Detective Brett Hankison, who was fired in June, was charged by a grand jury with three counts of “wanton endangerment” over shots he fired into apartments adjoining Taylor’s home.
But neither Hankison nor the two officers who fired the shots that killed Taylor were charged in direct connection with her death.
Ben Crump, a lawyer for the Taylor family, condemned the grand jury decision as “outrageous and offensive.”
Police in riot gear were seen making several arrests in the afternoon, and after night fell police used flash bangs to clear hundreds of protesters from Jefferson Square Park, where a memorial to Taylor was placed.
“Say her name – Breonna Taylor,” they chanted. “No lives matter till black lives matter.”(AFP)
