No Officers Charged Directly In Fatal Shooting Of Breonna Taylor
A grand jury has indicted one officer in the no-knock warrant death of Breonna Taylor, but not directly to her death.
Former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison has been charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment by the grand jury in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
No other officer has been charged at this time.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) September 23, 2020
A judge announced Wednesday that former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison has been charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. Two other officers were not indicted.
The Attorney General did not want to indict all of them. ….. Or he would have.#Wantonendangerment ….. yea OK https://t.co/ObMxQdUH72
— Kojo Ebro (@oldmanebro) September 23, 2020
The justice system FAILED #BreonnaTaylor
— LAURASTYLEZ (@LAURASTYLEZ) September 23, 2020
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the grand jury agreed that the other officers, “were justified in their return of deadly fire after having been fired upon.” Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, had fired at the officers as they entered the residence.
NBC News reports Taylor family attorney, Ben Crump, calls the decision “outrageous and offensive.”