Celebs, long vocal about Breonna Taylor case, decry decision
4 years, 3 months ago

Celebs, long vocal about Breonna Taylor case, decry decision

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For months, actors, sports stars, musicians and other celebrities have been using their platforms to call for justice in the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor, including at Sunday’s Emmy Awards. “The white supremacist institution of policing that stole Breonna Taylor’s life from us must be abolished for the safety and well being of our people. “It’s really disappointing because justice should be served for her death, Breonna Taylor, and this movement in general, Black Lives Matter, and understanding the neglect of not only Black people but colored people in general. This isn’t a bad apple, it’s a rotten tree.” — Layshia Clarendon, WNBA player for the New York Liberty, via Twitter.

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Former Louisville detective found guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights
2 months, 1 week ago

Former Louisville detective found guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights

NPR  

Former Louisville detective found guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison was found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 raid that killed Taylor. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Former Louisville police detective was found guilty Friday night of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor, 26-year-old Black woman, during a …

Cop In Breonna Taylor Raid To Face Another Trial
1 year ago

Cop In Breonna Taylor Raid To Face Another Trial

Huff Post  

Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters gathered at Times Square and marched on the streets for Breonna Taylor in New York City on March 13, 2021. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images One of the former police officers involved in the police raid that killed Breonna Taylor in March 2020 is set to face a retrial, according to NBC News. …

Breonna Taylor’s neighbor testified son was nearly shot by officer’s stray bullets during 2020 raid
1 year, 2 months ago

Breonna Taylor’s neighbor testified son was nearly shot by officer’s stray bullets during 2020 raid

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Breonna Taylor’s neighbor recalled her horror as police bullets flew into her apartment near her sleeping son as a federal trial for the former Louisville officer who fired those shots began Thursday. Brett Hankison fired 10 shots during the botched raid in March 2020 that left Taylor dead, though it was another officer who fatally shot the …

Breonna Taylor supporters relieved by charges against police
2 years, 5 months ago

Breonna Taylor supporters relieved by charges against police

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville activists put in long hours on phones and in the streets, working tirelessly to call for arrests in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor — but it was mostly two years filled with frustration. This week they saw their fortunes suddenly change, when U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced federal charges against four officers involved …

Breonna Taylor’s family, supporters sustain push for justice
2 years, 9 months ago

Breonna Taylor’s family, supporters sustain push for justice

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A square in downtown Louisville was engulfed with blue and silver balloons Sunday afternoon, as Breonna Taylor’s family, joined by demonstrators and organizers, gathered to honor the two-year anniversary of the Black woman’s passing in a botched police raid. The memorial took place a couple weeks after one of the Kentucky police officers involved in the raid, …

Breonna Taylor’s family, protesters upset over acquittal
2 years, 10 months ago

Breonna Taylor’s family, protesters upset over acquittal

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The acquittal of an ex-Louisville police officer tied to the botched drug raid that ended with Breonna Taylor’s death is stirring the frustrations of her family and protesters who marched for months in her name. Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, and other family members sat in on Brett Hankison’s trial for several days in the hopes that the …

Breonna Taylor killing: Ex-cop says he did nothing wrong in raid
2 years, 10 months ago

Breonna Taylor killing: Ex-cop says he did nothing wrong in raid

Al Jazeera  

Former Louisville detective Brett Hankison has defended his actions during the botched drug raid that killed Taylor in 2020. Hankison said that as a police battering ram broke open Taylor’s door, the blast of a gun lit up the apartment’s hallway and his fellow officer fell wounded in the doorway. “The percussion from that muzzle flash I could feel,” Hankison …

Breonna Taylor case resumes with 1st questioning of jurors
2 years, 11 months ago

Breonna Taylor case resumes with 1st questioning of jurors

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jury selection resumed Tuesday with the first questioning of potential jurors for the trial of a former Kentucky police officer involved in the deadly raid that killed Breonna Taylor. The woman said she had no opinion about Taylor’s death and indicated she could weigh the evidence against Hankison fairly. The jury pool was widened to about 250 …

Jury selection starts in lone trial over Breonna Taylor raid
2 years, 11 months ago

Jury selection starts in lone trial over Breonna Taylor raid

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The only criminal trial to arise from the botched police raid that left Breonna Taylor dead began on Friday, as hundreds of potential jurors gathered at a Kentucky courthouse in what activists see as a chance for some measure of justice. The former Louisville officer facing trial, Brett Hankison, was not charged in Taylor’s shooting death but …

Breonna Taylor killing one year later: Changes haven’t been enough to heal wounds, family says
3 years, 9 months ago

Breonna Taylor killing one year later: Changes haven’t been enough to heal wounds, family says

CNN  

Louisville, Kentucky CNN — Tamika Palmer has been in the same battle for justice in Breonna Taylor’s death for the last year. In the complaints, Palmer alleges the behavior of four officers was “unacceptable, intolerable and contributing factors to Breonna’s death and the deficient investigation thereafter.” In a statement to CNN, Aguiar said, “These internal affairs complaints were filed to …

Breonna Taylor’s family honors her legacy one year after she was killed in Louisville
3 years, 9 months ago

Breonna Taylor’s family honors her legacy one year after she was killed in Louisville

LA Times  

Attorney Ben Crump speaks to a gathering of supporters of the family of Breonna Taylor on the anniversary of her death Saturday at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Ky. On the anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death, the slain Black woman’s family continued their call for justice as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Louisville on Saturday. In a tweet Saturday, …

Officer in raid says Breonna Taylor ‘didn’t deserve to die’
4 years, 2 months ago

Officer in raid says Breonna Taylor ‘didn’t deserve to die’

Al Jazeera  

Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly expressed sympathy for the relatives of Taylor, whose death has sparked outrage across the United States. In his first public comments since Breonna Taylor was killed by Louisville police seven months ago, one of the officers involved said he would have conducted the raid differently and said the incident would be with him for the rest of …

Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Said Police Didn't Tell Him She Died
4 years, 2 months ago

Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Said Police Didn't Tell Him She Died

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, said that no one directly told him that his girlfriend died in a botched drug raid that fueled nationwide protests against racial injustice and police brutality. They confirmed it.” #EXCLUSIVE: Breonna Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker talks to @GayleKing about the night police raided her home as part of a narcotics investigation into …

Breonna Taylor's boyfriend says he found out she had died via the news
4 years, 2 months ago

Breonna Taylor's boyfriend says he found out she had died via the news

Daily Mail  

Breonna Taylor's boyfriend says police never directly told him that his girlfriend had died and that he found out hours after the shooting when he overheard it on the news while in custody. Kenneth Walker spoke about hearing of Breonna Taylor's death in his first sit down TV interview with CBS This Morning on Wednesday #EXCLUSIVE: Breonna Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth …

‘My best friend’: Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend recalls deadly night
4 years, 2 months ago

‘My best friend’: Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend recalls deadly night

Al Jazeera  

Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend said the two had been watching a movie in bed when police raided her US apartment and shot her. Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker said they had been watching a movie in bed when police fatally shot her during a botched drug raid at Taylor’s apartment on March 13. Three officers combined fired 32 shots into the …

Inside Breonna Taylor’s apartment, and why police homed in on it
4 years, 2 months ago

Inside Breonna Taylor’s apartment, and why police homed in on it

CNN  

CNN — On Breonna Taylor’s kitchen wall, a sign with a cup of coffee reads “Love You A Latte,” bullet holes cut into her cabinets, through boxes of breakfast foods and even through her brightly colored pots and pans. Louisville Metro Police Department A CNN investigation in July found that detectives had linked Taylor’s home to Glover, who was suspected …

Police release details of Breonna Taylor investigation
4 years, 3 months ago

Police release details of Breonna Taylor investigation

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Police files released Wednesday show contacts between Breonna Taylor and a man she dated previously who was suspected of drug dealing, but raise new questions about what led narcotics investigators to the raid of her home that resulted in her death in a burst of police gunfire. Lt. Dale Massey, a member of the Louisville Metro Police …

Details of police investigation into Breonna Taylor released, but raise more questions
4 years, 3 months ago

Details of police investigation into Breonna Taylor released, but raise more questions

LA Times  

Police files released Wednesday show contacts between Breonna Taylor and a man she dated previously who was suspected of drug dealing, but raise new questions about what led narcotics investigators to raid her apartment, where she died in a burst of police gunfire. Louisville Metro Police Lt. Dale Massey, a member of the SWAT team that arrived on the scene, …

Breonna Taylor grand jury audio reveals details of chaotic night
4 years, 3 months ago

Breonna Taylor grand jury audio reveals details of chaotic night

CNN  

CNN — The 26-year-old EMT and aspiring nurse was in her bedroom with her boyfriend when the Louisville Metro Police Department officers, in plain clothes, arrived just after midnight. The officers, executing a narcotics warrant, told investigators they knocked and announced themselves before using a battering ram to bash the door to Breonna Taylor’s South End apartment off its hinges …

Breonna Taylor cops knocked three times, grand jury testimony reveals
4 years, 3 months ago

Breonna Taylor cops knocked three times, grand jury testimony reveals

Daily Mail  

The fired Kentucky officer indicted on minor charges in the Breonna Taylor case told investigators that the EMT's boyfriend initially claimed she was the one who shot at officers when they entered her apartment, grand jury testimony reveals. Hankison told investigators, in an interview heard by the grand jury, that Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, had told him 'she was the …

Officer charged in Breonna Taylor case pleads not guilty
4 years, 3 months ago

Officer charged in Breonna Taylor case pleads not guilty

Al Jazeera  

If convicted, Brett Hankison could face up to five years in prison on each count in fatal shooting of Black woman. “The curfew served its purpose of helping ensure that most people were home safe by 9 p.m., because our past experience had shown that most violence and destruction occurs after dark,” the mayor’s statement said. But we believe the …

'Discouraging', 'Devastating': American athletes decry charges in Breonna Taylor shooting
4 years, 3 months ago

'Discouraging', 'Devastating': American athletes decry charges in Breonna Taylor shooting

Firstpost  

A grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky charged detective Brett Hankison with three counts of “wanton endangerment” over shots fired into adjoining apartments. I think that this society — the way it was built — its intentions was to never protect and serve people of color initially.“ —Jaylen Brown on the grand jury's decision to not charge any cops with the …

Outrage Erupts After Decision In Breonna Taylor Case: 'So, No One Is Responsible?'
4 years, 3 months ago

Outrage Erupts After Decision In Breonna Taylor Case: 'So, No One Is Responsible?'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Scores of celebrities and public figures joined the chorus of voices crying out on Wednesday after a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, declined to return murder charges against any of the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor. #BreonnaTaylor https://t.co/vakKVrMnHO — Patricia Arquette September 23, 2020 Hey @kyoag we don’t have to live in Louisville …

Breonna Taylor decision ignites fresh outrage across US
4 years, 3 months ago

Breonna Taylor decision ignites fresh outrage across US

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – Hundreds of demonstrators chanting Breonna Taylor’s name marched through the streets of Washington, DC late on Wednesday, after a grand jury in Kentucky decided not to charge police officers for her death – igniting fresh anger over police brutality in the United States. “It feels like that the walls of Breonna Taylor’s neighbours got more justice than …

Breonna Taylor: A timeline of events
4 years, 3 months ago

Breonna Taylor: A timeline of events

Al Jazeera  

For two months, Breonna Taylor’s killing at the hands of police went largely unnoticed until George Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Black Lives Matter protests were held in a number of United States cities, in the wake of the announcement by the Kentucky state attorney general on Wednesday that police officers …

Breonna Taylor case: Police officers not charged for killing Taylor; 2 cops shot as protests erupt
4 years, 3 months ago

Breonna Taylor case: Police officers not charged for killing Taylor; 2 cops shot as protests erupt

India Today  

Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Breonna Taylor’s death and protesters took to the streets, authorities said two officers were shot and wounded Wednesday night during the demonstrations expressing anger over the killings of Black people at the hands of police. He added that Hankison and the two other officers who entered Taylor’s …

Breonna Taylor decision: Weeping resounded from the room where her mother learned the grand jury’s decision
4 years, 3 months ago

Breonna Taylor decision: Weeping resounded from the room where her mother learned the grand jury’s decision

CNN  

CNN — Breonna Taylor’s mother learned the fate of the officers involved in her daughter’s killing two minutes before Attorney General Daniel Cameron made his announcement, even after it was expected the family would have a heads-up on the decision, family attorney Sam Aguiar told CNN. “There is no conclusive evidence that any bullets fired from Detective Hankison’s weapon struck …

Investigations into the Breonna Taylor case are far from over
4 years, 3 months ago

Investigations into the Breonna Taylor case are far from over

CNN  

CNN — Kentucky’s top law enforcement officer says he presented all the evidence in the Breonna Taylor case to a grand jury, but many investigative avenues remain open. Video Ad Feedback Breonna Taylor's cousin: Our family is grieving all over again 01:09 - Source: CNN The Ferguson move “showed transparency because right now it appears to many people that this …

'It's Still Breonna Taylor For Me': Taylor Family Plans Friday Press Conference
4 years, 3 months ago

'It's Still Breonna Taylor For Me': Taylor Family Plans Friday Press Conference

NPR  

'It's Still Breonna Taylor For Me': Taylor Family Plans Friday Press Conference Enlarge this image toggle caption John Minchillo/AP John Minchillo/AP Outraged and angry and, at times, wailing protesters renewed their cries for justice for Breonna Taylor on Wednesday, following the Kentucky grand jury's decision to not charge the police officers for killing her. Meanwhile, the Taylor family have been …

PHOTOS: Scenes From Breonna Taylor Protests Around The Country
4 years, 3 months ago

PHOTOS: Scenes From Breonna Taylor Protests Around The Country

NPR  

PHOTOS: Scenes From Breonna Taylor Protests Around The Country Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Kentucky attorney general, Daniel Cameron, announced on Wednesday that none of the three police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor would be charged directly over her death. In response, protests emerged nationwide, demanding charges against the officers. Here's …

Case facts: These are the people at the center of the Breonna Taylor shooting
4 years, 3 months ago

Case facts: These are the people at the center of the Breonna Taylor shooting

CNN  

CNN — Crowds of protesters are chanting her name. Louisville Metropolitan Police department Jamarcus Glover was the focus of the Louisville police narcotics investigation that led plainclothes officers to execute a warrant on Taylor’s home. Police said that Glover, who was suspected of supplying a local drug house, had recently used Taylor’s residence as his “current home address,” according to …

What does justice for Breonna Taylor actually look like?
4 years, 3 months ago

What does justice for Breonna Taylor actually look like?

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This weekly column will turn into a CNN newsletter later this year. Plus, recommendations: Esquire’s profile of Michael Kenneth Williams and Hulu’s “High Fidelity.” This week’s culture conversation: Justice for Breonna Taylor? Phillip Caruso/Hulu Leah recommends: Hulu’s “High Fidelity” When Hulu’s take on the 2000 movie “High Fidelity” debuted in February, starring the incandescent Zoë Kravitz, the excitement …

‘Say her name': City to pay $12M to Breonna Taylor’s family
4 years, 3 months ago

‘Say her name': City to pay $12M to Breonna Taylor’s family

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman’s family $12 million and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday. “Please continue to say her name,” Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, declared at an …

Breonna Taylor's Family Reaches Multimillion-Dollar Settlement In Wrongful Death Lawsuit
4 years, 3 months ago

Breonna Taylor's Family Reaches Multimillion-Dollar Settlement In Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Huff Post  

Breonna Taylor ’s family has reached a settlement in the 26-year-old’s wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Louisville, Kentucky, after she was shot and killed in her own home in March when city police executed a late-night, “no-knock” warrant for a narcotics investigation. “Now, we’re counting on the AG and DOJ to do the right thing and hold all …

Opinion: Breonna Taylor settlement is not close to justice
4 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: Breonna Taylor settlement is not close to justice

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book “OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind.” Follow her on Twitter. CNN — On Tuesday, the City of Louisville, Kentucky, finally settled a wrongful death lawsuit in the killing of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT shot dead in her own house …

Breonna Taylor had big plans before police knocked down her door
4 years, 4 months ago

Breonna Taylor had big plans before police knocked down her door

CNN  

CNN — Before her face graced magazine covers, before protesters chanted her name, before she became a rallying cry in the fight against racial injustice and police brutality, Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old with big dreams. Amy Harris/Invision/AP Taylor loved muscle cars and her mom’s chili Breonna Taylor’s family describes her as the glue that held them together. It’s got …

Opinion: Chilling echoes in deaths of Daniel Prude, Breonna Taylor
4 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: Chilling echoes in deaths of Daniel Prude, Breonna Taylor

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Issac Bailey is a longtime journalist based in South Carolina and the Batten Professor for Communication Studies at Davidson College. Issac Bailey Daniel Prude, a Black man, was having a mental health episode in March, his family said, and died after Rochester police – called by Prude’s brother to help – covered Prude’s head with a “spit sock” …

Lawsuit claims Breonna Taylor lived for ‘5 to 6 minutes’ after being shot
4 years, 5 months ago

Lawsuit claims Breonna Taylor lived for ‘5 to 6 minutes’ after being shot

CNN  

CNN — Breonna Taylor was briefly alive for “five to six minutes” after being shot, according to a claim made in a lawsuit filed by Taylor’s mother against Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove and Jonathan Mattingly, the three Louisville Metro Police Department officers identified in connection to her death. On a 911 call audio released by one of Walker’s attorneys, Walker …

Breonna Taylor’s mother: ‘People don’t hear these stories about Black women’
4 years, 5 months ago

Breonna Taylor’s mother: ‘People don’t hear these stories about Black women’

LA Times  

Tamika Palmer is continuing to fight for her daughter, Breonna Taylor, and all Black women who have been killed by police. “I have Black daughters, and sometimes I think that we don’t think that it can happen to them, because so many times they’re swept under the rug,” Palmer told “Good Morning America.” “People don’t hear these stories about these …

Breonna Taylor: Attorney for officer fired in the shooting death of Taylor says termination was premature
4 years, 6 months ago

Breonna Taylor: Attorney for officer fired in the shooting death of Taylor says termination was premature

CNN  

CNN — The attorney for Brett Hankison, one of the former officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, said in an appeal letter last week that the termination of his client was unfairly premature. Hankison is one of three officers involved in the shooting death of Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT who was shot eight times by police when …

Police officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting fired
4 years, 6 months ago

Police officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting fired

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, more than three months after the 26-year-old Black woman was killed in her home. A termination letter sent to Officer Brett Hankison released by the city’s police department Tuesday said Hankinson violated procedures by showing “extreme indifference …

Here’s where Breonna Taylor’s case stands now
4 years, 7 months ago

Here’s where Breonna Taylor’s case stands now

CNN  

CNN — On June 5, Breonna Taylor would have been 27 years old. A lot has happened since that day, and Taylor’s life and death have become folded into the larger worldwide outcry against police violence that exploded after the death of George Floyd in late May. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said the developments were the first steps the city …

As The Nation Chants Her Name, Breonna Taylor's Family Grieves A Life 'Robbed'
4 years, 7 months ago

As The Nation Chants Her Name, Breonna Taylor's Family Grieves A Life 'Robbed'

NPR  

As The Nation Chants Her Name, Breonna Taylor's Family Grieves A Life 'Robbed' Enlarge this image toggle caption Taylor Family Taylor Family Before she was a hashtag or a headline, before protesters around the country chanted her name, Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old woman who played cards with her aunts and fell asleep watching movies with friends. "Even in being …

Breonna Taylor killing: FBI opens investigation into shooting death after police raid
4 years, 7 months ago

Breonna Taylor killing: FBI opens investigation into shooting death after police raid

CNN  

CNN — The FBI has opened an investigation into the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, an EMT who was killed after officers forced their way inside her home. They’re the first steps toward improving police accountability, Mayor Greg Fischer said at a news conference, in which he repeatedly referred to Taylor’s death as a “tragedy.” In March, Taylor was shot …

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