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Protesters marching through downtown Louisville, Kentucky▶ Click here to enlarge
A second day of protests in the United States followed against the decision to prosecute a white police officer who shot a black woman, Breona Taylor.
On the 25th, in Louisville, Kentucky, where the incident of Taylor’s death occurred, protesters gathered downtown on the night of the 24th (local time) to protest against the police. CNN broadcasts and others reported.
The protesters, furious at the decision to prosecute them, smashed windows in downtown commercial buildings such as restaurants, damaged public transport buses and some threw Molotov cocktails.
Police said the protesters had violated the curfew, and in the process, two policemen were shot and evacuated to hospital.
Police arrested 24 people, including the 26-year-old suspect who shot.
The arrested protesters also reportedly included Kentucky State Assemblywoman Shameka Parrish Wright.
Local police arrested 127 people during the protests the day before.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fisher extended the curfew until this weekend following ongoing protests.
Protests in Los Angeles▶ Click here to enlarge
During the protests, there was a close clash between the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement group and some 10 radical right-wing groups armed with guns, but fortunately, it did not lead to a conflict between the two sides.
In Los Angeles (LA), a truck happened rushing towards the protesters.
When 300 protesters occupied Hollywood Sunset Boulevard and marched, the angry trucker drove toward the protesters after arguing with rally participants, and one was injured.
In addition, hundreds of people from other cities such as Washington DC, New York and Chicago gathered and marched through the streets demanding justice and police reform.
Previously, the Kentucky Grand Jury determined that the actions of the police officers who shot and killed Breona Taylor sleeping in her home were in self-defense and sparked a backlash from the black community.
Taylor was shot and killed by three police officers who opened the door and entered the room without warning in March after midnight for a drug search.
Sleeping Taylor’s boyfriend misinterpreted the police as an intruder and shot, and the police responded and Taylor died.
Taylor’s family, who became known as a symbol of police violence in conjunction with the George Floyd incident as the ‘Black Lives Are Precious’ (BLM) movement spreads, recently agreed to a settlement with city authorities. for $ 12 million (14 billion won). did.
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