No police were indicted for the death of Breonna Taylor

A Kentucky panel of judges on Wednesday indicted just one police officer for shooting at apartments in the neighborhood, but did not advance charges against any police in the death of young black Breonna Taylor.

Immediately after the panel’s announcement to the judge of a court in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., people who looked forward to the decision expressed their frustration and those responsible for Until Freedom, one of the organizations that pressed for charges against the police, wrote on social media that “justice has not been done”.

On Twitter, Breonna Taylor’s family lawyer Ben Crump called the decision “scandalous and insulting”.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer had already announced the curfew from 9 pm until 6.30 am the next morning, asking people to demonstrate peacefully.

Taylor, a 26-year-old black health professional, was shot several times by a team of three policemen who entered her home with a search warrant as part of a drug trafficking investigation on March 13, causing a commotion and popular outrage in a year when the United States was shaken by violent demonstrations against police violence.

The panel of judges decided to indict police officer Brett Hankison, who had already resigned, on three counts of “dangerous action”, punishable by up to five years in prison, during the operation he entered Breonna Taylor’s home, but did not submit no charges against the other policemen or for the murder of the young black woman.

In addition to Hankison, two policemen and a detective entered Breonna Taylor’s home and were transferred to other services pending a court decision.

In the shooting, Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker fired when the police entered the house, hitting one of the policemen, having even been charged with attempted murder, but prosecutors later dropped the charge.

On September 15, Louisville city officials filed a lawsuit against the three policemen, at Taylor’s mother’s request, agreeing to pay him $ 12 million (about € 10 million) and enact reforms to the police system. local.

Protesters in Louisville and several other cities have demonstrated over the past few months, demanding justice for Taylor and other African Americans killed at the hands of the police, having received the support of some celebrities, including singer Beyoncé and the television host. Oprah.

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