ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Black Lives Matter Minnesota, Communities United Against Police Brutality and other community groups have called a "Breonna Taylor emergency response rally" in solidarity with protesters in Louisville, Kentucky. The groups plan to gather at 6 p.m. at the Minnesota State Capitol.
A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted a single former police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but did not move forward with charges against any officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death.
Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron discusses grand jury report in Breonna Taylor case
State Attorney General Daniel Cameron held a news conference Sept. 23 to discuss the grand jury's findings in the Breonna Taylor case.
A grand jury announced that former Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment in connection to the police raid on the night of March 13. His bond was set at $15,000.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Hankison and the two other officers who entered Taylor’s apartment announced themselves before entering the apartment and did not use a no-knock warrant.
“According to Kentucky law, the use of force by (Officers Jonathan Mattingly and (Myles) Cosgrove was justified to protect themselves," Cameron said at a news conference Wednesday. "This justification bars us from pursuing criminal charges in Miss Breonna Taylor’s death.”
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Wanton endangerment: What do charges against officer in Breonna Taylor case mean?
JaNaé Bates of the interfaith group ISAIAH Minnesota said hearing that the shooting death of Breonna Taylor has now brought only charges of wanton endangerment against one former officer feels like, once again, more of the same.
“It’s upsetting. And it’s mostly upsetting because it’s expected,” Bates said. “I’ve been in this work for years now and I’ve seen way too many families who have been hurting about this. Too many people’s names have been hashtags and so little has been done.”
Bates said with the death of Breonna Taylor, and then the death of George Floyd two months later in Minneapolis, 2020 became the boiling point for years of frustrations. This charging decision only adds more.
“We were given crumbs," Bates said. “We asked for bread and were given crumbs. And now we need to come for entire meals, entire grocery stores.”
Reaction pours in following charging decision in Breonna Taylor case
Community members are reacting to the charging decision in the Breonna Taylor case. Activists in Minnesota are planning a rally at the state Capitol Wednesday night.
Across the country, preparations have been made for those frustrations to boil over again, knowing that this decision to not charge for Breonna Taylor’s death -- only for a shot fired into a neighboring apartment -- could bring unrest again.
Minnesota. Gov. Tim Walz said he will always allow space for peaceful protests, but never again what Minneapolis and St. Paul saw in May.
“We will see here in Minnesota and it’s worth thinking toward pre-trial motions and eventually a trial in George Floyd’s death, to be prepared, to allow people the space to grieve, to express their first amendment rights but not to allow destruction of property or endangerment of people,” Walz said.
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