Breonna Taylor's family demand that US authorities release grand jury evidence showing why no police will face direct criminal charges over her death
Breonna Taylor’s family has demanded that Kentucky authorities release all body camera footage, police files, and transcripts of the grand jury hearings that led to no charges against police officers who killed the Black woman during a March drug raid at her apartment.
The grand jury decision disappointed and angered those who have been calling for justice for Taylor for six months, and protesters vowed to stay in the streets until the officers involved are fired or someone is charged with her killing. On Friday evening, demonstrators, including Taylor's mother, gathered in downtown Louisville and began marching.Earlier in the day, Taylor's lawyers and family expressed dismay that no one has been held accountable for her death.
In her statement, Palmer said the entire justice system had failed her, and state Attorney General Daniel Cameron was just the final person in the chain that included the officer who sought the no-knock warrant, the judge who signed it, and the police who burst into her Louisville apartment. The warrant was connected to a suspect who did not live there, and no drugs were found inside.
Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, weeps during a news conference announcing a $12 million civil settlement between the estate of Breonna Taylor and the City of Louisville, Kentucky, US. September 15, 2020. Taylor was shot multiple times by white officers after her boyfriend fired at them, authorities said. He said he didn’t know who was coming in and opened fire in self-defence, wounding one officer.
Cameron, who is the state’s first Black attorney general, said the officers were not charged with Taylor's killing because they acted to protect themselves.
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