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Twitter Reacts To No Officers Being Charged With Breonna Taylor’s Murder
Breonna Taylor Protests Lead To Arrests, Tear Gas, Fires Nationwide
On Wednesday, the grand jury revealed their decision not to charge any of the officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor — directly with her murder.
Former officer Brett Hankison was indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment and two other officers who opened fire that night were not indicted.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the three officers had fired 32 shots in the early hours of March 13 in response to a single round fired by Taylor’s boyfriend. Taylor’s boyfriend told the cops that he mistook police for intruders when they broke down the door while they were sleeping.
President Donald Trump called Cameron’s decision “really brilliant.”
“How ironic and typical that the only charges brought in Breonna Taylor’s case were for shots fired into the apartment of a white neighbor, while no charges were brought for the shots fired at Bre or into her Black neighbor’s apartment,” Benjamin Crump, the Taylor’s family attorney, tweeted.
Civilians headed to the streets of Lousiville in protest of the verdict.
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Louisville tonight to protest the lack of charges in Breonna Taylor’s killing https://t.co/foZQRuiYIu pic.twitter.com/c8tGAB4ll2
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 24, 2020
Update from @LMPD: 46 arrests related to #protests in #LouisvilleKY.
— Jennifer Baileys (@WLKYJennifer) September 24, 2020
Louisville Metro Police declare an unlawful assembly near Jefferson Square Park. They tell the protesters (maybe a few dozen here) to disperse — or else risk being arrested and chemical agents being deployed. pic.twitter.com/QZPF6BCtAF
— Ben Tobin (@TobinBen) September 24, 2020
I’ve been at a loss for the right words all day. I keep asking myself why WE have to comprehend how to uncover spirit in heartache and see grace amid despair and atrociousness? As angry and heartbroken as I am when I see her picture, we can’t let up. Breonna deserves better. 🤎 pic.twitter.com/jnLeoYMGKy
— Storm Reid (@stormreid) September 24, 2020
no officers got directly charged for Breonna Taylor’s m*rder I’m so disgusted. I have no words she deserves JUSTICE
— emrah 💍 (fan account) (@skinnysel) September 24, 2020
Breonna Taylor was asleep in her bed. The police came in and shot her in case of a mistaken identity. Yesterday the grand jury didn’t charge a single officer with her murder. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/E139bfV1uo
— Mawaan Rizwan (@MawaanR) September 24, 2020
🗣R.I.P BREONNA TAYLOR, ❤️ HEART THIS IF YOU’RE NOT HEARTLESS & YOU WANT JUSTICE TO BE SERVED…. pic.twitter.com/8VKEj0qwhB
— Twoo got da juice 2 coming soon (@Numbatwooo) September 24, 2020
Two other accounts where the “drug dealing boyfriend” script is being spread from are @ConservaMomUSA and @FancyBitch_Here; both accounts appear inauthentic and followed by a network of inauthentic right-wing accounts. #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/KTrsK4QUEY
— Sparta (@SpartaZC) September 24, 2020
September 23, 1955– Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, were aquitted in the kidnapping and murder of 14 Year old Emmett Louis Till.
September 23, 2020– No officers charged directly with Breonna Taylor’s killing. pic.twitter.com/VZ0aYVlfVO
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@africanarchives) September 24, 2020
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