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September 24, 2020 Six months after the killing of young nurse Breonna Taylor, the Kentucky Grand Jury has decided to indict only one agent, Brett Hankison.

Officer Hankison was accused of dangerous conduct for having blindly fired 10 shots into the apartment during the drug raid, but he was not charged with the murder of the girl, who in the meantime became one of the faces of the black lives matter. 



The other two policemen, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, got away even more easily: called into question for their participation in the operation, they were not even indicted.

In short: no one is responsible for the violent death of a 26-year-old policeman at the hands of a policeman who had no legal standing. 



The killing of the African American Taylor, which took place on March 13, sparked harsh protests that have been going on for months.

In Louisville, after the decision of the Grand Jury, anger broke out, two officers were injured in clashes between


demonstrators and police.

At 9 pm the curfew began, but the demonstrations ignored it.

But there are many American cities where protests are underway to demand justice for Breonna Taylor.



It was March when the agents broke into the house of the girl, who was sleeping with her boyfriend in the middle of the night.

Not understanding what was happening and failing to recognize that it was the police, Taylor's partner - Kenneth Walker - shot and shot one of the officers in the leg.

The three policemen responded by firing 32 shots, many of which reached and killed Taylor.

For the Grand Jury, the agents' reaction was justified because Walker had fired first.



The Grand Jury's decision is "offensive," says Ben Crump, the Taylor family lawyer.

Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for vice president, admits she has not had the opportunity to read the decision but says: "There is no doubt that Breonna Taylor's family deserved justice yesterday, deserves it today and will deserve it tomorrow," she says.



The lawyers of one of the three agents involved in the case are satisfied.

"Breonna Taylor's death is a tragedy, but the agents did not act unprofessionally. They did their job and did not break the law," said Kent Wicker, lawyer for Jonathan Mattingly, one of the agents involved in the case.

In announcing the Grand Jury's decision, Kentucky attorney Daniel Cameron admits that many people will not be satisfied with the outcome.

Cameron explains that Mattingly and Officer Myles Cosgrove - the one who fired the definite shot that killed the girl - "under Kentucky law were justified in using force to protect themselves. This justification prevents us from prosecuting them for the death of. Taylor ".

Brett Hankison, on the other hand, was indicted for negligence, or for having shot in the direction of a nearby apartment, putting the lives of other people at risk.