Police shot in clashes with protesters over Breonna Taylor ruling
Protests spread across major cities and authorities arrest 127 in violent Louisville, Kentucky, unrest
24 September 2020 - 22:51
Louisville — US cities were on high alert on Thursday after two police officers were shot during demonstrations over a decision by a grand jury not to file homicide charges against police in the fatal shooting of a black woman, Breonna Taylor.
Protests erupted in the Kentucky city on Wednesday after the state attorney-general announced that a grand jury did not bring any charges for the six police bullets that struck Taylor, but instead lesser charges against one of the white policemen for stray shots that hit the neighbouring apartment...
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