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Breonna Taylor was shot multiple times by officers who broke into her home on March 13 during a narcotics investigation.
A United States grand jury indicted an officer on criminal charges six months after police fatally shot Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.
The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison on Wednesday (local time) to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place.
Taylor was shot multiple times by officers who broke into his home on March 13 during a narcotics investigation.
The warrant used to search his home was related to a suspect who did not live there, and no drugs were found inside. The Louisville Metropolitan Council has since prohibited the use of no-hit warrants.
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Protesters across the country have demanded justice for Taylor and other black people killed by police in recent months.
Hankison was fired from the city police department on June 23.
A firing letter from Louisville Acting Police Chief Robert Schroeder said the white officer had violated procedures by showing “extreme disregard for the value of human life” when he fired “senselessly and blindly” 10 rounds. shooting at Taylor’s apartment in March.
Hankison, sergeant. Johnathan Mattingly, Officer Myles Cosgrove and the detective who sought the warrant, Joshua Jaynes, were assigned to administrative reassignment after the shooting.
Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, opened fire when police broke in and beat Mattingly. Walker was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, but prosecutors later dropped the charge.
Walker told police he heard beatings but did not know who entered the home and fired in self-defense.
On September 15, the city settled a lawsuit against the three officers brought by Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, agreeing to pay her $ 12 million and enact police reforms.
