Summer 2020
The Killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor ignited fury and outrage at police across the nation. In Louisville (where Breonna Taylor was lived) and nearby Lexington the communities took to the streets to have their voices heard.
Flowers, candles and signs honoring Breonna Taylor are arranged in Jefferson Square Park after the grand jury decision to charge only one of the officers involved in her killing with wanton endangerment not connected to Taylor was announced earlier in the day spurring people to gather to protest the decision downtown in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, September 23, 2020.
A window with recent damage during a protest of people marching through the streets of downtown Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, September 23, 2020.
A large crowd gathers and marches at Sunday night’s protest against police violence in downtown Lexington, Ky., Sunday, May 31, 2020.
A protestor stands with arms raised in front of the Lexington Police Station in downtown Lexington, Ky., Sunday, May 31, 2020.
A tuck full of people drives behind a group of protesters as they march down Broadway in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, September 23, 2020.
Security for Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron listen while he announces one of the three officers, Brett Hankinson, will be charged with wanton endangerment in the first degree from shots he fired while serving the warrant that resulted in the killing of Breonna Taylor during a press conference at the Kentucky History Center and Museum in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, September 23, 2020.
A truck with a confederate flag in the back drives by the protesters gather in front of the Estill County courthouse during a Black Lives Matter protest in Irvine, Ky., Monday, June 8, 2020.
A group of heavily armed men and women calling themselves American Patriots gather at Carrie Gaulbert Cox Park in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, September 5, 2020.
A group of about 250 heavily armed men and women gather at Carrie Gaulbert Cox Park before the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, September 5, 2020.
Members of the group known as the NFAC gather at GG Moore Park before marching to Churchill Downs before the running of Kentucky Derby 146 in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, September 5, 2020.
Kaulbert Wilson, 19, lands a punch on a man who exited a car to confront protesters at the intersection of Maxwell Street and Limestone in Lexington, Ky., during the ninth night of nationwide protesting in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, June 6, 2020.
A Lexington police officer adjusts his helmet's mask on in downtown Lexington, Ky., Sunday, May 31, 2020.
Louisville Metro Police block off Broadway after two officers were shot and a suspect was taken into custody after a protest march in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, September 23, 2020.
Police take a man into custody after two police officers were shot at during at the same time as a protest march through the streets of downtown Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, September 23, 2020.
Protesters gather outside the Tin Roof cheering and encouraging patrons to join them marching on Limestone in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, June 6, 2020.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron makes an announcement that one of the three officers, Brett Hankinson, will be charged with wanton endangerment in the first degree, for the shots he fired during the killing of Breonna Taylor during a press conference at the Kentucky History Center and Museum in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Officers Mattingly and Cosgrove will not face charges from the incident. "Justice is not always easy, it does not fit the mold of public opionion, and it does not conform to shifts in standards. It answers only to the facts and the law, " Cameron said.
A man with a group of protestors walks toward an armed, mostly white, militia as the two groups cross paths and tensions rise on the day of the Kentucky Derby at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, September 5, 2020.
A large crowd marches through downtown in Lexington, Ky., Sunday, May 31, 2020.