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Two officers were injured in clashes between protesters and police in Louisville following the verdict on the death of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old African-American nurse accidentally killed in March by police during a nighttime drug raid on her home. (where no drugs were found). Of the three white agents involved, only one was indicted yesterday by the Kentucky grand jury. But the most serious charges have dropped: Agent Brett Hankison was charged only with negligent and dangerous conduct for having fired 10 shots, of which 6 hit the young woman. Her two colleagues, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, were not charged: They are justified in identifying Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker Attorney General Daniel Cameron explained at a press conference, proving the version of the agents who claimed to have knocked on the door to warn and once in the house someone would have shot him, and they would have returned fire. Different version of Taylor’s boyfriend. The man said he did not listen to police warnings and was scared when the door was knocked down: he said he fired because he was convinced that someone was trespassing into the house. Attorney Ben Crump, representing Taylor’s family, called the verdict outrageous and insulting.
Fearing unrest in the city where protests have raged for weeks, the Democratic mayor had decreed a state of emergency. But the protesters defied the curfew and took to the streets.
Even amid the deep pain and anger that today’s decision has generated, violence can never and never be the answer. wrote in a tweet Joe biden, Dem Trump’s challenger in the presidential election.
Even amid the deep pain and anger that today’s decision generated, violence never is and can never be the answer. Those who participate in it must be held accountable. Jill and I will keep the officers killed tonight in Louisville in our prayers. We wish you both a speedy and full recovery.
– Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 24, 2020
The wave of protests against the grand jury decision reached downtown Portland, in Oregon, the scene of months of demonstrations against police brutality: here several hundred people marched in the rain, chanting the slogan Whose life mattered? Breonna Taylor! (Who does life count on? Breonna Taylor!). Several black women addressed the crowd and encouraged people to vote and keep pressing to change.
September 24, 2020 (change September 24, 2020 | 08:30)
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