The 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical worker, was shot and killed by police who served a no-knock search warrant on her Louisville apartment in the early morning hours of March 13. On Wednesday, a grand jury indicted one of the three officers who opened fire that night, but not in connection to Taylor’s killing. Former officer Brett Hankison was indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment for sending gunfire into a neighbor’s apartment.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Thursday night to peacefully protest a Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to charge officers directly in the killing of Breonna Taylor.
The largely peaceful demonstration began at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., at about 7 p.m. where hundreds gathered to protest the grand jury decision in the March shooting death of Breonna Taylor by police in Louisville, Kentucky.
This is the second night of demonstrations in Los Angeles following a grand jury decision to not charge any of the officers directly for Taylor’s death.