NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Local protesters and activists say they're unhappy with the grand jury decision in the death of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.
One of the three Louisville police officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor is facing charges. A grand jury indicted former officer Brett Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment.
However, the other two officers were not charged in Taylor's death. She was killed when officers served a warrant at her apartment in a narcotics investigation. Taylor's boyfriend fired a shot at police saying he believed they were intruders, and officers returned multiple shots, which hit Taylor.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said their investigation showed that the other two officers were justified in their actions, since her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker III, fired on officers first.
No drugs were ever found in the home.
People across the country, including here in the mid-state are weighing in on the indictment, many saying the charges do not go far enough to bring justice to the Taylor family.
The local activist group "The People's Plaza" camped and protested multiple issues over the summer including the demand for justice in Taylor's death - justice they feel now may never come.
Members of the group attended rallies and protests in Louisville Wednesday, and at least two of them were arrested.
“I want community leaders and elected officials to step up and make policy that brings justice to everyone in cases like this. I feel there needs to be something that happens to police who shoot unarmed people," said Jonelle Christopher.
They say their biggest concern is that the grand jury only charged one officer - the officer whose gunshots did not hit Taylor, according to Attorney General Cameron. During the press conference following the grand jury's decision, he explained how the three counts of wanton endangerment refer to three of Taylor’s neighbors who were put in harm's way.
Hankison allegedly fired blindly through a door and a window back on March 13, when Taylor was killed.
What happened that night sparked protests around the country for months. Members of the People's Plaza group as well as other local activists marched in Nashville Wednesday night.
"We’re just trying to see change. We’re just tired of dying. You see our color. We’re trying to do a peaceful protest," said protester Timothy Russell.
The group of protesters marched from the East Nashville Library to the Historic Metro Courthouse then to lower Broadway.
