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Thousands of people protested in the American city of Louisville after justice was limited to indicting, and indirectly, only one of the policemen involved in the shooting that caused the death of Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman whose name has become an emblem of the anti-racist movement.
Brett Hankison, one of the three officers involved in the shooting, was charged with endangering the lives of others, in this case three of the victim’s neighbors.
But neither Hankison nor the other two police officers who fired the shots that killed Taylor were charged with the murder of the 26-year-old nurse.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Louisville, the main city in the state of Kentucky, after the indictment announcement, to denounce the police attacks against the black minority.
An important police device was deployed in this town of 600,000 inhabitants and several people were arrested.
Hankison fired 10 bullets, some of which hit the apartment next to Breonna Taylor’s, “putting three people in grave danger of physical injury or death,” according to state attorney Daniel Cameron.
He confused cops with thieves
His other two colleagues, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, who had been dismissed in June, were not charged with any charges, having, according to the prosecutor, acted in a state of self-defense.
According to local media, Hankison appeared in a jail in the region and was later released after posting bail of $ 15,000, a very low sum in relation to similar cases. Fired by Louisville Police in June, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
Breonna Taylor died on the night of March 13, after the three policemen came to her home with a special search warrant that allowed them to enter her home without warning.
Upon arrival, the victim’s boyfriend opened fire on the agents, and they replied with their weapons and several shots hit Taylor.
Taylor’s boyfriend claimed he had mistaken the cops for thieves, but the officers claimed to have announced their presence before entering, a version confirmed by a witness, according to prosecutor Cameron.
The investigation did not determine which of the police officers killed the woman.
“Under Kentucky law, the use of force [por los agentes] Mattingly and Cosgrove is justified because they protected themselves, “the prosecutor said.
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