Louisville is in a state of emergency after Afro-American Breonna Taylor dies in a police operation.
Now police officers have been shot.
After
George Floyd
* and numerous others, another case is driving
demonstrators
to the streets
in the USA
:
Breonna Taylor
.
The
26-year-old African American
was shot dead by white police officers in her apartment - the judiciary classified the operation as legal.
US President Donald Trump * now commented on
Twitter
.
Louisville - The protests against
police violence
and
racism
* in the USA continue - in
Louisville
, Kentucky, two police officers have now been shot.
According to the local police, her injuries are
not life-threatening
and a suspect has been arrested.
US President Donald Trump * tweeted about the incident: "I pray for the two police officers who were shot in Louisville
tonight
." He
did not mention
the name
Breonna Taylor
.
The
26-year-old paramedic
was the reason for the demonstrations.
Praying for the two police officers that were shot tonight in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Federal Government stands behind you and is ready to help.
Spoke to @GovAndyBeshear and we are prepared to work together, immediately upon request!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2020
No charges after fatal shooting at Breonna Taylor
The Kentucky judiciary had previously waived charges against police officers for
fatal shooting
at African American
Breonna Taylor
.
Demonstrations against the
judicial decision
on the case
Breonna Taylor
found on the day next to Louisville in numerous other instead of US cities of
Boston
,
New York
and
Washington
on the East Coast to
Los Angeles
on the West Coast.
Due to feared outbreaks of violence, the Mayor of Louisville imposed a
state of emergency
on Wednesday
and a night curfew from 9:00 p.m. local time.
The decision was followed by a storm of protest, as
reported by
fr.de
*,
among others
.
Basketball superstar
LeBron James
,
among others,
has
expressed
condolences to
Taylor's family
.
"My love goes to Breonna's mother, family and friends," James tweeted.
“Today I have no words.
I am devastated, hurt, sad, angry, “wrote the 35-year-old.
I've been lost for words today!
I'm devastated, hurt, sad, mad!
We want Justice for Breonna yet justice was met for her neighbors apartment walls and not her beautiful life.
What I surprised at the verdict.
Absolutely not but damnit I was & still am hurt and heavy hearted!
I send
- LeBron James (@KingJames) September 24, 2020
Breonna Taylor case: 26-year-old African American woman shot dead in her own apartment
Taylor was
shot dead
by white police officers in her
own home
in Louisville
on March 13
.
Kentucky's attorney general
Daniel Cameron has
now brought charges against one of the police officers involved - but not because of the fatal shooting at Taylor.
The charge against police officer
Brett Hankison
relates rather to his shooting in an apartment next to Taylor's - it is of
negligent endangerment of
the lives of others.
There were three people in this apartment at the time of the nightly police operation.
You were unharmed.
+
Protests in the US city of Louisville: The Breannon Taylor case causes anger.
© John Minchillo / AP / dpa
Taylor case: The 26-year-old's friend said he believed in a robbery before he was shot
Two other police officers who fired at the 26-year-old, however, remain unmolested by the public prosecutor.
Cameron said the two acted legally in self-defense after
Taylor's boyfriend
shot them.
You could not be prosecuted for this.
The three plainclothes officers had
stormed
Taylor's home in a
drug
raid.
Taylor's friend, who was in bed with the 26-year-old, believed he was being
robbed
, fired a shot with his gun and injured an officer.
The three police officers then fired their service weapons.
Protests against police violence in the US since the death of George Floyd have come to a head
Attorney General Cameron
said
Taylor, standing next to her boyfriend, was
hit
by
six bullets
, one of which was fatal.
Your friend was unharmed.
Apparently only the injured officer and the policeman standing next to him met the young woman, but not the now accused Hankison.
Nationwide demonstrations
against racism and excessive police violence have been taking place
in the United States for months
. They were triggered by the death of the African American
George Floyd
* in a brutal police operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the end of May. During the protests, Taylor's picture and her name were repeatedly shown. (AFP / dpa / frs)
* Merkur.de and fr.de are part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network.
