The mayor of Louisville, in the center of the United States, announced Friday the dismissal of an agent implied in the death of Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed by the police in her apartment in March.
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" Unfortunately, due to a legal provision which I would like to see amended, the chief of police and I have no right to disclose what led us " to initiate the dismissal procedure for Brett Hankison, said the mayor Greg Fisher in a press release.
This is the first sanction since the death of Ms. Taylor, whose name is one of those chanted for weeks by protesters who demand throughout the United States an end to police violence against African-Americans.
" It's a start, but it's not enough: we cannot stop until the agents involved in the Breonna murder have been charged, " tweeted Senator Kamala Harris, candidate's running mate. Democrat in the White House Joe Biden.
Eight balls
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old nurse, was at home with her partner when three police officers knocked on the door without warning, according to the family lawyer. The officers, equipped with a search warrant, were acting on an erroneous wanted poster concerning a suspect who no longer lived in the building and who was already detained. They hit the young woman with at least eight bullets, the lawyer said.
According to local media, the Courier newspaper, the local police chief wrote to agent Hankison accusing him of having fired a dozen shots " indiscriminately ". Song superstar Beyoncé had asked the Kentucky state attorney this weekend to act on the matter.
" Three months have passed and no arrests have been made, none of the officers have been dismissed (...) Three months have passed and the police investigations have raised more questions than answers, " she said. lamented.
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