Kentucky grand jury indicts one of three officers in Breonna Taylor case
Posted on AllSides September 23rd, 2020
From The Center
A grand jury considering the March killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday voted to indict one of three white police officers for wanton endangerment, a judge said.
Jefferson Circuit Judge Annie O’Connell read the grand jury’s decision in open court. Media reports said the officer indicted was Detective Brett Hankison.
Police shot Taylor, 26, in front of her boyfriend after they forced their way into her apartment with a so-called “no knock” warrant.
Taylor’s death, alongside that of George Floyd,...
