Protestation against against police officers in the murder of Briona Taylor for not bringing direct accusations

A former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer has been charged with first degree endangerment for what he did on the night of the police murder of Briona Taylor - but not because of her death. No indictment has been filed against the other two officers involved in the shooting.

Protesters and activists criticized the grand jury's long-awaited charges against former officer, Brett Hankson, as insufficient. They called for tougher criminal charges and the arrest of the three police officers involved in the shooting last March. The charges against Hankson were allegedly linked to indiscriminate shooting through a door and window in the Taylor building.

The other two officers - Sergeant John Mattingly and Ditt and Miles Cosgrove - have not been charged after months of protests and unrest.

Kentucky State Attorney Daniel Cameron told reporters on Wednesday that the police had "a justification for their use of force" because Taylor's friend shot the police first.

He reported that the ballistic analysis conducted by the FBI showed that Cosgrove fired the bullet that killed Taylor.

The grand jury decision comes more than six months after the murder of Taylor, a 26-year-old Black EMT team member and aspiring nurse, after three City of Louisville police officers smashed the door to her apartment while executing 'a late night arrest warrant in a March 13 drug investigation.

Counsel for Taylor's family called the decision "outrageous and offensive."

The decision was made under strict security measures in the city of Louisville, which witnessed the incident, where a "state of emergency" was imposed, all absent and absent police called, barriers have been put in place and closed parking spaces in the city center.

A settlement was recently reached with the Taylor family whereby the family would receive $ 12 million in compensation. The regulations also include reforms to the police force, including allowing supervisors to sign search warrants.

And Taylor, who was accompanied by her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, was killed last March when police entered her apartment on the basis of a search warrant as part of a fake search warrant, for a suspect who no longer lived in the building and had already been arrested.

They wounded the young woman with at least eight bullets, according to the victim's lawyer. Walker, who had a firearms license, responded to the assault on the house by shooting at the police. He was arrested for trying to kill a member of the security forces.

 

This case, the facts of which unfolded without attracting the attention of many, reappeared months ago with the intervention of Ben Crump, a well-known lawyer, in his defense of blacks victims of errors committed by the police. .

The assassination of the doctor angered officials, organizations and activists, and widespread protests were held to denounce "police violence and racism".

Previously, hundreds of people, some heavily armed, gathered in downtown Jefferson Square in a tense atmosphere, before police dispersed them just before the curfew went into effect.

And police said at least 16 sabotage incidents were recorded overnight.

Other cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York, Washington and Philadelphia, have witnessed spontaneous rallies, while a wave of protests and protests against racism has been recorded in the country for several months.

In Seattle, an explosive projectile was fired at a security center and 13 people were arrested, local police said.

And the security authorities explained that "several police officers were injured and one of them was hit with a baseball bat, which broke his helmet."

In addition, two officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department were gunned down Wednesday night during protests against the Briona Taylor case and  car in Buffalo, New York, collided with protesters, injuring one, according to photos posted on social media.