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Soccer player Kenny Stills said he was protesting peacefully
American football player Kenny Stills was among 87 people arrested for protesting outside the Kentucky attorney general’s house over the police murder of Breonna Taylor.
They were accused of intimidating a participant in the legal process and other minor charges.
Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman, was shot dead when officers entered her apartment on March 13.
An officer has been fired and two other positions on administrative leave.
Stills, a 28-year-old Houston Texans wide receiver, said he had gotten “” good trouble “with my brothers and sisters” while “protesting peacefully.” They face misdemeanor misdemeanor charges and criminal trespass.
Black Lives Matters protesters have been demanding justice for Ms. Taylor, as well as George Floyd and other African Americans who were killed by the police.
- Why is the name of Breonna Taylor sung on the demos?
- What has changed since George Floyd’s death?
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has faced a series of protests over the lack of charges brought against the officers involved in the murder of Ms. Taylor.
What happened to Breonna Taylor?
Police suspected that Ms. Taylor’s apartment was being used to receive drugs by a gang based in a different direction 10 miles (16 km) away. One of the suspects was a former boyfriend of Mrs. Taylor.
Shortly after midnight on March 13, police officers Brett Hankison, Jon Mattingly, and Myles Cosgrove entered Ms. Taylor’s apartment by executing a search warrant, a court document authorizing police to enter a home without permission.
Ms. Taylor and her partner, Kenneth Walker, were allegedly asleep when the commotion started.
Police said they called before using a battering ram to enter the home, although this account has been disputed by Taylor’s family and a neighbor.
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Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated EMS technician.
Officers exchanged fire with Walker, a licensed gun owner who called 911 in the belief that the drug raid was theft. The officers, who fired more than 25 bullets, said they responded to the fire after an officer was shot and wounded.
During the exchange, Ms. Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was shot eight times. She died on the hall floor.
Walker surrendered and was arrested on charges of attempted murder of a police officer.
Ms. Taylor was one of three people named on the order, according to Louisville affiliate NBC Wave 3. But she was not the main subject of the investigation, reports the city’s Courier-Journal newspaper.
No drugs were found on the property.
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Police officer Brett Hankison was charged with firing “blindly” 10 shots at Ms. Taylor’s apartment, showing “extreme disregard for the value of human life.”
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Brett Hankison showed ‘extreme indifference to the value of human life’
Firing him, Louisville Acting Police Chief Robert Schroeder wrote, in a letter published by the Courier-Journal, that his conduct was “a shock to conscience” that “demands its termination.”
“The result of their action seriously hampers the department’s goal of providing the citizens of our city with the most professional police agency possible. I cannot tolerate this type of conduct by any member of the Louisville Metro Police Department.”
Attorneys for Ms. Taylor’s family said they also want to see the other officers fired.
A lawsuit filed by Ms. Taylor’s family accuses officers of assault, wrongful death, excessive force, and gross negligence.
“We also expect these officers to be prosecuted for their role in his untimely death.”
