FILE - This undated photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place. Taylor was shot multiple times by officers who burst into her home on March 13 during a narcotics investigation. No drugs were found in her home.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A grand jury in Kentucky was scheduled to announce Wednesday whether or not to charge police officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, whose killing six months ago helped spark protests across the country. The news on whether charges will be filed against Louisville police officers involved in the deadly shooting has been long awaited by many in the city and around the country. After the grand jury announcement, Kentucky Attorney GeneralMeanwhile, officials in Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city, were preparing for more protests and possible unrest as the public nervously awaited a decision on charges in the shooting. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced a 9 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
Officer Brett Hankison was fired from the city’s police department June 23. A termination letter sent to him by interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder said the white officer had violated procedures by showing “extreme indifference to the value of human life” when he “wantonly and blindly” shot 10 rounds of gunfire into Taylor’s apartment in March.
SET THE OFFICER FREE!!!! THEY SHOT DRUG DEALERS!!!!! GO POLICE GO!!!! IMMUNITY FOR ALL POLICE!!!
Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron has just declared Open Seasons on African Americans all men women children mothers fathers whatever they can be murder now by the police with the attorney general's okay
Were they charged for falsifying information on documents to get a judge to sign off on the warrant?
Who opened fire first?
Except for the idiot playing Wild West, the officers were doing the job as they were trained to do it. That’s not criminal. If there is a crime here, it was by those who arranged and approved the no knock warrant for a minor drug bust.
'Breonna Taylor shooting: No-knock search deadly for civilians, police'
Yeah - another “innocent” criminal caught up in their lifestyle of lawlessness succumbs to an unfortunate death -followed by BLM rioters calling for “justice”... where’s “Rev” Al? I know he is lurking somewhere... hey Al, you’re up!!
KelleeAzar It’s interesting that the DA is a Republican. I find this decision suspect, at best.
If you can be changed for killing someone in a robbery gone bad. Even if you don't pull the trigger. Should't you be charged for killing someone in a search warrant gone bad?
DON'T blame the cops for following the law. THEY didn't write laws. LAWMAKERS LIKE KAMILLA HARRIS AND BIDEN WROTE THESE LAWS. Change them so this never happens again. THEY DID KNOCK. Witnesses said so. BUT PLAIN CLOTHS COPS NEED TO END ON HOME WARANTS. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO IT IS
It's sickening that the officers involved were only charged with the bullets fired that did NOT kill a person. The system is flawed, and all the riots that happen demanding change, are justified. If you see this verdict and not think so, then you are part of the problem.
It's when you see people scrambling over themselves to justify this for me
Why is your headline so misleading ? They indicted him because the property damaged, not the murder
The replies by Republicans in this thread just shows you how many 'Christian' Republicans are not true Christians. Christians don't EVER defend murder. Ever.
Was this not decided by 12 members of the public?!
Wonderful job by our justice Dept. Thanks to those officers and hope they get fully reinstated m.
SymoneTV Great reports
Misleading headline, do better AP
For bullets hitting the neighbors house not her murder
First shot was fired from Breonna boyfriend. That is who should be charged directly.
There's your problem
Good. Send the boyfriend to prison if anything for endangering everyone’s lives that night.
Used the law with the intent to murder an innocent human being, guilty.
LifeHack Don't live with a drug dealer. Or if you choose to do so, don't be surprised when trouble shows up.
And now another city will be destroyed, and all for a criminal who the media fed lies about to the people in order to spread a false narrative and boost ratings.
A home invader who resisted arrest. A sex predator armed with a knife. A drug dealer whose boyfriend shot first at the cops. These are the BEST cases the BLM Left can produce of “innocent” victims of police shooting. What this implies is that truly innocent cases do not exist!
A prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich if they want to. Pretty clear he doesnt want to. Wonder why?
Were the police officers members of a union? Don't underestimate the power of organized union and the influence it has on protecting its members. The most powerful organized mafia in the US today.
So will Trump send in his officers or withhold money from Kentucky for failing to keep the peace?
Does it bother anybody else that the bf shooting at the cops is unscathed but Breonna with no weapon is sit 5 - 8 times and several other bullets entered another apartment.?
ToBeSafeNSound The Kentucky AG, DanielCameron, is MitchMcConnell’s protege. BrionnaTaylorWasMurdered and we demand justice!
Aren’t there options of appeal in America Strange laws.. in my country we have options of appeal !
What about the others ? 🤔
Six months for them to try their damndest to avoid the proper consequences for murdering Breonna.
Right On, Right On!!
That's great the court followed the law and were not curved and did not pander to CNN or these idiots
Your police - do monstrous things -like the LA police department 'drug warriors' who shot up the wrong 'drug house' with so many bullets = that it had to be torn down (40 years ago in LA,'state-of-the-art' in Kentucky). Please stop killing people. Stop killing your cousins.
Why does everyone keep saying they were at the wrong house when the warrant showed her address
Unbelievable. Bad decisions lead to this woman's death and not one mother fucker is held accountable. Reform the police and defund the politicians.
Good decision for sure!!
why is this the photo with this story?! this isn’t appropriate at all!
KY DO NOT ACCEPT THIS!
This is the performance review of the cop who murdered Breonna Taylor, Brett Hankison. It speaks for itself and it says a lot.
They literally charged him for the damage he could've done to someone else INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL LIFE HE TOOK. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.
I'm a retired police officer, I have been on those raids. I never was comfortable going on them. You have no idea what you will be facing as you enter. You could find your self facing several more people than was expected, could be someone with a simi auto rifle. Very dangerious
BreonnaTaylor has been erased by the Grand Jury. Unconscionable. SayHerName BlackLivesMatter
I guarantee y’all that if it was a white person or one of their loved ones they would have completely different energy about this. All the cops need to be charged
They have monies to pay out for their Officers mistakes and they obviously have the city support, no matter the color of the DA, But who will protect the race of people whom are taught, practically at birth, to fear the rear view mirror. ..because you are black
Is there a way outta this hell scape?
You are judged by the company you keep.
Be sure and burn the city down. That should help.
Black women aren’t being protected on or offline and they are linked to the violence against us.
Queue pointless riots in 5,4,3,2 ....
Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron says it's now open season on African-American he's a protege of Mitch McConnell another killer of African Americans vobs orange shitstain asked you what have you got to lose how about your son's your daughters mother's father's
Disgraceful
Wow 😯 Figures
none of them are tough. if has to breakdown, they definitely are to get a rude awakening so to speak
When we witness a grave injustice, it is natural - unavoidable - that we want to find and punish an individual responsible. And yet, if the injustice is systematic, we need to change systems. The former helps us feel justice has been served, the latter saves future lives.
Praying that blm turns this horrible situation into a positive by demanding a change in law. No knock warrants are insane! What if there had been children in that apartment 😢
HarlyBK
This will never change. They murder people because they know they'll never get in trouble for it. They have no repercussions to fear. It's the only job that gives you a paid vacation for murder.
Great news. Glad to hear justice prevailed. Blue lives do matter
I swear if you freaking “protesters” destroy our city AGAIN. They were doing their job
what!?!?!
WHAAAAAT? The WNBA didn't change the law😳I am completely shocked... Says alot of dumbasses.🙄
And unless your lily white a Black man hasnt a prayer in hell of keeping his. No man or woman is truely free until everyone of every ethnic group is able to walk the streets, without the fear of reprisal for doing so
Burying the lead are we? How is it only now that we are finding out the boyfriend shot first and that it wasn't a no knock warrant?
Let’s face it, did we really think we would get our way
Terrifying and Wrong JusticeForBreonnaTaylor
It’s very telling how so many have come to defend something so completely reprehensible…
Dirty cops protecting dirty cops from prosecution. The last one , a trigger happy murderer shot 13 times at a 13 year old, whose only crime was he was autistic running from a cop after another cop had shot and killed his father years earlier.
That's not how you wear a mask love!!!
If Cosgrove was justified in firing, then Kenny Walker should be charged for attempted murder of a police officer. Are you allowed to stand your ground against police? I don’t think so. So there was a shootout and everyone walks away except Taylor RIP. BreonnaTaylor kyoag
Finally the truth comes out, those officers did nothing wrong and all the riots and looting were for no reason whatsoever.
America (Amerikkka), like much of the west, was always fucking uncivilized and backward. Always.
Simple..... obey the law! Don’t traffic drugs! Cops won’t bother you! Case closed!
If you all ever get a chance read the book Black robes white Justice Written by Bruce Wright. We have to criminal justice systems and it's painfully obvious. If the cops were black and breonna was white, would it have been the same decision? We already know!!!
No Knock 'Warrants' should only be used if the so called 'Suspect' is wanted for Murder. I do not know what happened in this case, but seems She was flat out murdered by them. Period.
So the city paid off the family with $12 Million dollars to avoid an admission of guilt and prosecution. I would not want to be a cop in Louisville right now. Won’t be surprised if some random innocent cops end up paying the ultimate price for this miscarriage of justice.
Republican state so racism played a factor in the decision. White people win again.
OMG
She was sleeping. This is not what justice looks like. So sad for her family and loved ones. RIP BreonnaTaylor You are gone but not forgotten.
I’m anxiously looking forward to finding out how much Breonna’s life is worth when the disgusting family sues because it’s all about the money.
Drugs are bad..mkay.
Her boyfriend should be charged, he’s the loser who caused this to happen!!!!!
I can’t imagine how shitty a state Kentucky must be… I don’t know how all of you stomach senatemajldr nor the realities of your doomed state… Kentucky needs to change things fast
So both sides presented their cases and this is what the grand jury found. All the facts were given to them. Let it go at that. Change the system, don't destroy the city.
In a country built on white fragility disguised as supremacy can there ever be justice?
We've chosen to investigate our own crimes and have found ourselves to be innocent. Now, please go home
Looks like all hell has broken loose
Of course they won’t charge them...they’re white!!!! They don’t charge anyone who’s white but charge those of color. HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT SHIT!?!?!?!! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Meu Deus, que merda de julgamento! Pelo visto, a justiça é falha quando se trata de pretos aí tbm né!!
BurnItDown BreonnaTaylorWasMurdered
This is great, but why riot if they were innocent from the start.
Officers are innocent!! There should be NO CHARGES for doing their jobs!! The courts cannot sub come to lynch mobs!!
greta Is there any evidence race was a factor in this or any other recent police involved shooting?
Put aside subject of warrant already apprehended: It was a SEARCH WARRANT for illicit drugs: NO CERTAINTY anything illegal was in Breonna's apartment. Bottom line, religious right decides who can get high on what & cops can kill to enforce their unconstitutional piety.
Was that woman arrested for removing her mask?
People should really watch the DA’s press conference before commenting. But of course it’s much more fun to spread misinformation. “Don’t confuse me with facts, my mind is made up.”
This is an insult!😡
Tf? Damn guess murder is legal
cincity631 We are a nation without justice. Trump and Barr denying the cancer of systemic racism is soul crushing. If there is violence tonight it will be because we keep sending the message that nothing peaceful works. My fear is of white supremacist violence claiming to be retaliatory.
Took y this long to give us this half a** bs mannnn should’ve just quit with the suspense and give us the result the day after
..and now you know why a grand jury's members are not named. These imbeciles would hunt them down and kill them.
I AM A 76 YO WHITE MAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER, SERVED IN BOTH US MILITARY & U.S.PEACE CORPS, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY WHEN MY NON-WHITE WIFE WOULD FEAR TO LEAVE HOME AND GO SHOPPING BUT SHE DOES❗THE CAUSE IS TRUMP'S RACIST, BIGOT, GARBAGE MOUTH❗
It's a Fucking Joke! The AG in Kentucky is a Joke! Don't ever reinstate him in next election for sure. He's a Mitch McConnell stooge.
when does the riots and looting start? is it a BYOB or will it be provided?
I figured this was going to happen... TrumpLied200KAmericansdied
PKSparkxx I guess murder is allowed now in the States
And who is surprised at the reaction? Get the lid on now. This reaction was planned. No matter what the outcome these terrorist's were going to riot.
AG said it was not a no-knock warrant & police announced themselves. They were fired upon & shot back. Her death is the result of the criminal activity of her drug dealing boyfriend! He is the one who should be charged!
They did make themselves known. A witness corroborated this fact.
This is horrible. This poor woman was MURDERED!
Time to take matters in our own hands... Handle your business.
ColumbiaBugle One ham sandwich and two fish filets
It’s good that justice is served at the court of law and not by some losers’ comments on social media, or looters demands in streets.
justinamash The streets of Louisville are going to be full of people tonight...
Only one officer recklessly shot into her home?
Yo Kentucky, you know death penalty is still an Option? How would you judge a black man killing a white Person ?
acab
See why the Criminal Justice System in the US is screwed up? Its a crime to shoot into neighborhood apartments, but not a crime to actually kill someone (manslaughter, literally) 4 shooting into neighborhood apartments!! Dont riot, VOTE! As we can see, your life DOES depend on it
If I am reading this right,the AG of Kentucky care more about the neighbors being injured than Ms. Taylor who they brutally murdered...im sorry,the AG cares more about appeasing the voters of Kentucky
Fucked up robbery of justice. I expect protests to erupt asap
was it bad intel from Jamarcus Glover?
Any culpability for the detective who obtained the no-knock warrant? Where is he at? What about the judge who signed off on it?
Morning_Joe Indicts one officer for charges that have nothing to do with murdering a citizen in her own home NoPeace
Quick! Everybody act surprised!
All caps...WTF?! 😒🤬😑
Would the fact that their family received a big million+ settlement have any impact on the rulings?
Wow 1 officer 👮♂️😑
Burn down every Target acab
Isn’t a grand jury like regular people or no? So regular people didn’t find reason for more charges? Must be more to the story
He wantonly endangered the people in other apartments by shooting bullets everywhere. He effing killed Breonna Taylor. That's not endangerment, she's dead!
It's Autozone's fault!
CRAP I’m angry about the charge and only 1 former officer is charged BreonnaTaylor breonataylor
It's about time.
Hankerson was charged with the equivalent of jaywalking, givent he severity of the case. Of course, most Black people didn't expect anything different.
Nope! JUSTICEForBreonnaTaylor
How is this possible!!!
Shame
Do not understand what happened with the other two officers recklessness
BREAKING: No officers charged directly in Breonna Taylor's death; 1 faces 3 counts over shooting into neighboring apartments.
Wasn't expecting this tbh.
CASTE
Wanton Endangerment. What is happening before our eyes is absolutely and disgustingly criminal.
Not enough
This is bullshit.
So they rock paper scissored this one out ?
don’t be shy do some more
good.
ACAB
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