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.
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.
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.