Protesters were demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was killed by police in her home in March.
on Twitter that five people were in good condition and two underwent surgery.
“I feel the community’s frustration, the anger, the fear, but tonight’s violence and destruction is not the way to solve it,” Mayor Fischer said. a local TV station, after a crowd of hundreds had gathered around Metro Hall in downtown Louisville demanding justice for Taylor. Earlier in the day, audio of a 911 call to police by Taylor’s boyfriend on the day she was killed wasTaylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was shot eight times by narcotics detectives who had knocked down her front door after her boyfriend fired a gun, believing the police to be intruders; no drugs were found. “Louisville, thank you so much for saying Breonna’s name tonight.
tweeted by Mayor Fischer late Thursday. Fischer said the video was a message from Taylor’s family. “But we should stop tonight before people get hurt. Please go home, be safe and be ready to keep fighting.”George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on Monday when a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes as he shouted “I can’t breathe," according to video of the incident.
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