Breonna Taylor supporters call for turning anger into a vote

"Turning protests into action"

: with one voice, relatives of Breonna Taylor, a young black woman killed by police in Louisville, and anti-racist activists urged on Friday to express the anger of this historic movement to the polls of the US presidential election.

From this city which has become the new epicenter of the controversy around police brutality, lawyer Ben Crump, known to represent those close to Breonna Taylor, George Floyd or Jacob Blake, has pleaded for a

in the United States.

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Gathered in front of an imposing portrait of the young African-American, releasing a few butterflies in her memory to the sky, those close to Breonna Taylor called for a new evening of demonstrations in Louisville.

, assured the father of Jacob Blake, a young black man paralyzed by police fire in Wisconsin, who came to provide his support.

With 39 days of the presidential election, the city of Kentucky is shaken by a strong protest.

Protesters denounce the lack of homicide charges against the police who killed Breonna Taylor at her home on March 13 in the middle of the night.

" them against us, "denounced very moved the mother of Breonna Taylor, Tamika Palmer, in remarks read by her sister.

On Jefferson Square, towards which protesters began to converge on Friday evening, associations proposed to register on the electoral lists this community which historically votes less, in a few minutes.

(to vote)

, fun with AFP Felicia Garr, who coordinates the action.

52-year-old African-American harangues in a pink megaphone.

Jamie Bethel, 20, runs and fills out a form in pen.

Minor when Donald Trump came to power, she claims to be

and that Donald Trump

.

Launching several invectives at the president, in the running for his re-election, the supporters of Breonna Taylor announced a national day to

, on October 14th.

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Donald Trump, who poses as a defender of

regularly denounces the

and

of the anti-racist movement.

At an event organized Friday in Atlanta, the president-candidate assured that the Black Lives Matter movement, at the origin of many demonstrations across the country

.

His opponent at the polls, Democrat Joe Biden, said for his part

of the demonstrators, while calling for calm.

Breonna Taylor, 26, died on March 13 when three officers broke into her home, breaking down her door in the middle of the night.

Armed, the victim's companion opened fire on the officers, believing in a criminal intrusion.

Only one member of the police trio was eventually prosecuted, for endangering the lives of others, because of his shots which went through the wall of a neighboring apartment.

No charge has been brought against her two colleagues, whose shots killed the hospital worker.

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Residents of the city, which has seen boxing legend and civil rights activist Muhammad Ali grow, say they have suffered abuse or racism from law enforcement for too long.

One of them, Marc Wilson, 49, claims to be convinced that the police in the United States are fundamentally

.

The black man in a wheelchair told AFP to carry several weapons with him at all times, convinced that, for lack of real confidence in the police,

.