Officials plead for calm amid anger over Breonna Taylor case

Outrage over a grand jury's failure to bring homicide charges against the officers who burst into the Black woman's apartment six months ago set off a new round of demonstrations Wednesday in several American cities. The state attorney general said the investigation showed officers were acting in self-defence when they responded to gunfire from Taylor's boyfriend.

Activists, celebrities and everyday Americans have been calling for charges against police since Taylor, an emergency medical worker, was shot multiple times by white officers after one of them was fired upon and wounded while conducting a raid in a narcotics investigation in March. "In our distress, we reaffirm our dedication to the eradication of systemic racism in our city," the group Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice said in a statement. "We will keep showing up, speaking up, and joining the movement for systemic change led by Black people."

Larynzo D. Johnson, 26, was charged in the shootings with two counts of assault on a police officer and multiple charges of wanton endangerment of police officers. An arrest citation said police had video of Johnson shooting at officers as they tried to disperse a crowd. It was not clear if he had a lawyer.

Each of the charges Hankison faces carries a sentence of up to five years. David Leightty, Hankison's attorney, did not return calls requesting comment Wednesday and Thursday. But when Hankison was fired in June, Leightty wrote an appeal to the Louisville Police Merit Board, calling the officer's firing a "cowardly political act."

Cop shot himself in the leg

The facts. - She was involved in her ex-boyfriend's drug operation - Her name was on the warrant - Police knocked before entering - She was not sleeping; she was in the hallway - Her boyfriend shot at police first - She was tragically caught in the crossfire

Thugs of the move again. Get the facts idiots, but would that really change anything?

And nothing about this attack against an innocent White women (who was just minding her own business) by a violent Black officer who singled her out because she was White! Oh, those media companies!

Stay home stop causing damages to people's hard-worked businesses.

A verdict is a verdict, ya cant change it unless an executive order is made, guess ole numbnuts might be writhing one soon just to shut these skwablers up and then they will riot some more without being happy again.

Then they shouldve convicted the murderous police

And really...nobody cares.

They should tell their cops not run over an injured person's head with his bicycle. What ever happened to serve and protect?

Maybe the media should be honest about what happened.

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