In pictures: Breonna Taylor decision sparks protests
Christina Johnson chants Breonna Taylor’s name as three women huddle following the grand jury announcement in Louisville on Wednesday, September 23.
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Updated 9:38 PM ET, Wed September 23, 2020
Christina Johnson chants Breonna Taylor’s name as three women huddle following the grand jury announcement in Louisville on Wednesday, September 23.
Matt Stone/Courier Journal/USA Today Network
Protesters took to the streets following the grand jury charges in the Breonna Taylor case on Wednesday.
The grand jury indicted former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison on first-degree wanton endangerment charges for his actions on the night Taylor was killed by police. Two other officers at the scene were not indicted, and none were charged directly with her death.
Taylor, a 26-year-old Black EMT, was killed in her own home in March when the three plainclothes officers executed a “no-knock” warrant.
Demonstrators and activists criticized the charges, demanding more serious counts.
