Breonna Taylor’s family demands release of evidence in case
- The decision of authorities not to charge police officers who shot a Black woman in her Kentucky home has reignited anger
- Protesters have vowed to stay in the streets until the officers involved are fired or someone is charged with her killing
Breonna Taylor’s family has demanded for authorities in the US state of Kentucky to release all body camera footage, police files and the transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to no charges being brought against police officers who killed the Black woman during a raid at her home.
The decision disappointed and angered those who have been calling for justice for Taylor for six months, and protesters vowed to stay in the streets until the officers involved are fired or someone is charged with her killing.
A diverse group, including Taylor’s mother, marched through Louisville on Friday evening. At one point, protesters streaming through the street encountered a line of police in riot gear who fired flash bang devices to turn them back ahead of a nighttime curfew, and some were arrested.
Many then went back to a square that has been at the centre of the movement.
Earlier, Taylor’s lawyers and family expressed dismay that no one has been held accountable for her death.
