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Dialuna 28 September 2020

Family demands release of evidence in Breonna Taylor's case

bound by the facts and by the until protesters neared the
law,” spokeswoman Elizabeth city's East Market section, a
Kuhn said in a statement. As few blocks from the banks
Taylor’s family decried how of the Ohio River. About a
the case was handled, a man dozen police cruisers were
accused of shooting and parked under a highway
wounding two officers dur- overpass, and officers with
ing protests Wednesday ap- clubs and face shields formed
peared in court. They're ex- a semi-circle blocking pro-
pected to recover. testers' path.
A not-guilty plea was entered Police told people to move
for Larynzo D. Johnson, 26, to the sidewalk. Officers de-
and bond was set at $1 mil- ployed two flash bang rounds
lion. Attorney Zac Meihaus into the air, and the crowd
called the streets “a war zone” moved away, authorities said
when the shooting happened in a statement. Past a night-
and said it's difficult to “pin- time curfew, people gath-
point” if Johnson fired the ered in a park that protesters
shots in question. A prosecu- are now calling “Injustice
tor replied that a gun was re- Square” and then at a church,
covered from Johnson, and where there was no major
there are video and witness police presence — a change
(AP) — Breonna Taylor’s the final person in the chain, “I hope you never know the accounts of the shooting. from the previous night.
family demanded Friday that following the officer who pain of your child being mur- Taylor's case has become a
Kentucky authorities release sought a no-knock warrant as dered 191 days in a row,” said rallying cry as protesters na- As he marched, David Ward
all body camera footage, po- part of a drug investigation, Bianca Austin, wearing her tionwide call out racism and wore his cap that says “Des-
lice files and the transcripts the judge who signed it and niece's emergency medical demand police reforms. ert Storm Veteran” because
of the grand jury proceed- police who burst into Taylor's technician jacket as she read he wanted to send a message:
ings that led to no charges apartment. The warrant was Palmer’s statement. Protesters marched through he fought for America, but
being brought against police connected to a suspect who Louisville on Friday with a when he takes his hat off, he’s
officers who killed the Black did not live there, and no Family attorney Sam Aguiar purple banner bearing Tay- a Black man treated like any
woman during a raid at her drugs were found inside. said all the videos should be lor's name. They danced and other in a country built on
apartment. released because Cameron's chanted, “Bow for Breonna.” racism. “When I put that hat
Taylor was shot multiple investigation is over, noting Some handed out pizza or on, I’m a good person, when
The decision disappointed times by white officers after that he's seen dozens of them, water, while others tried to I don’t, I’m a bad person in
and angered those who have her boyfriend fired at them, most of which are not public. register voters. One protest- their eyes,” Ward said, and to
been calling for justice for authorities said. He said he Cameron “got so much er, Victoria Gunther, was so him that means Black people
Taylor for six months, and didn’t know who was coming wrong. We’ve seen so much outraged she traveled more must constantly prove their
protesters vowed to stay in in and fired in self-defense, piecemeal stuff come out than 600 miles (965 kilome- worth.
the streets until all the of- wounding one officer. Cam- throughout the case,” he ters) from Reading, Pennsyl-
ficers involved are fired or eron, Kentucky’s first Black said without giving specifics. vania, to Louisville. At least 24 people were ar-
someone is charged with attorney general, said the of- Gov. Andy Beshear, a Demo- “I’m a Black woman — that rested Thursday night —
her killing. A diverse group, ficers were not charged with crat, also has called on the could have been me, that including Democratic state
including Taylor's mother, Taylor's killing because they Republican attorney general would have been my family,” Rep. Attica Scott — during
marched through Louisville acted to protect themselves. to release what evidence he she said. “We are disrespected protests that authorities said
on Friday evening. The pro- The grand jury indicted can. Cameron said through and disregarded. They think resulted in vandalism.
tests were peaceful, though at one officer on endanger- a spokeswoman that he un- we don’t matter. That’s why The curfew in Louisville will
one point, police in riot gear ment charges, saying he fired derstood the family's pain. I’m here, to say we do mat- last through the weekend,
fired flash bang devices to gunshots into a neighbor- “Everyone is entitled to their ter." and the governor has called
turn back a crowd on a street. ing home that didn't strike opinion, but prosecutors and up the National Guard for
Two were arrested, authori- anyone. He has been fired. Grand Jury members are The police presence was light “limited missions.”
ties said.

About a dozen people who
were out past the city's 9 p.m.
curfew were arrested later.
Earlier, Taylor's lawyers and
family expressed dismay that
no one has been held ac-
countable for her death. “I
am an angry Black woman.
I am not angry for the rea-
sons that you would like me
to be. But angry because our
Black women keep dying at
the hands of police officers
— and Black men," Taylor’s
mother, Tamika Palmer,
wrote in a statement read by
a relative. She stood close
by wearing a shirt that said,
“I (heart) Louisville Police”
with bullet holes in the heart
emoji.
Palmer's statement said the
criminal justice system had
failed her, and state Attorney
General Daniel Cameron was