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September 25, 2020

24 Arrested as Louisville Protesters Defy Curfew to Demand Justice for Breonna Taylor
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In Louisville, Kentucky, protesters defied a curfew for the second
straight night and marched to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, the
26-year-old African American EMT who was shot to death inside her own
apartment by plainclothes officers serving a no-knock warrant in March.
Overnight, Kentucky state Representative Attica Scott live-streamed her
own arrest, alongside her daughter and 22 others, on charges of
first-degree rioting, failure to disperse and unlawful assembly. A day
earlier, Scott filmed as scores of heavily armed riot police flooded the
streets of Louisville, following a grand jury's announcement that none
of the officers who fired 32 bullets into Taylor's home would face
homicide charges.

Rep. Attica Scott: "People marching down the street were met with
literally dozens of police vehicles, officers hopping out, batons, their
bats drawn."

Breonna Taylor's family is scheduled to speak publicly this morning for
the first time since the grand jury's decision on Wednesday. Kentucky's
governor and Louisville's mayor are calling on Kentucky's attorney
general to release the grand jury's transcripts.


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