Grand jury indicts Louisville cop in death of Breonna Taylor
A grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Louisville, Kentucky police officer, Sgt. Brett Hankison, for wanton endangerment in the death of Breonna Taylor, the Black woman who died from gunfire by cops during a no-knock raid on her home in March.
A memorial to Breonna Taylor, placed in Jefferson Square Park, is photographed in downtown Louisville, Kentucky on September 23, 2020 as the city anticipates of the results of a grand jury inquiry into the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman shot by the Louisville Metro Police Department in her apartment earlier this year.A grand jury indicted a former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer, Sgt.
Wanton endangerment in the first degree is a Class D felony that carries a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison. Taylor's death, along with the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis last spring, catalyzed the protest-driven movement to reform police organization nationwide.
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