A grand jury has indicted only one of the Louisville police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor on first-degree wanton endangerment charges.
Former officer Brett Hankison has not faced any charges directly involving her death. Hankerson was with three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree — one count for each person in the apartment he fired into.
His bail was set at a paltry $15,000.
Two other officers, Myles Cosgrove and Jonathan Mattingly, who also fired their weapons, were not indicted.
Kentucky’s Attorney General Daniel Cameron told reporters that officers were “justified in their use of force” as Taylor’s boyfriend allegedly fired the first rounds.
“The decision before my office is not to decide if the loss of Breonna Taylor’s life was a tragedy. The answer to that question is unequivocally yes,” said Cameron.
“I know that not everyone will be satisfied,” he added. “Our job is to present the facts to the grand jury, and the grand jury then applies the facts … If we simply act on outrage, there is no justice. Mob justice is not justice. Justice sought by violence is not justice. It just becomes revenge.”
Ben Crump, the attorney for Taylor’s family, called the charges “an insult to Black women as they continued to be disrespected in America.”
On Monday, a State of Emergency was declared in Lousiville ahead of the verdict. Many speculated that a great injustice lay ahead — and they were right.
This is not justice.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Louisville Interim Police Chief Robert Schroeder announced a 72-hour countywide curfew on Wednesday. The curfew begins at 7.pm.
The Kentucky National Guard has also been activated.
Protestors have already taken to the streets of Louisville to march.
