#David Hankinson

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Nuart Aberdeen 2024: A Fusion of Art, Debate, and Celebration

From June 6th to June 9th, the vibrant city of Aberdeen will once again play host to the internationally acclaimed Nuart Festival, bringing together artists, academics, and enthusiasts to explore the dynamic world of contemporary street art. Established in 2011, Nuart Plus, the festival’s educational arm, offers a diverse program of events, including artist presentations, panel debates,…

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Don’t imagine the SAS in highschool, dont do it, DON’T-! ........I did it.

The principal's son David Stirling who wants to live up to the family name but struggles in school.

And his rowdy crush Eve.

Paddy is flying in and out of juvie more frequently than he is shagging his long-haired boyfriend.

And Augustin is not too happy about either of those things.

This is the second time Dave gets busted while smoking weed by the dumpsters.

Reggie-best-in-the-football-team-Seekings.

Straight A-student Johnny.

Mike before puberty hit him like a fucking train. All the girls( and most boys) at school have a crush on him.

Jock Lewis is secretly making bombs with stuff he steals from the lab in the school cellar.

Pat Riley is good with a sewing machine and works part time as a police officer though there are some who claims they have seen him smoking weed with Dave Kershaw by the dumpsters, but those are just rumours ofc.

And what list of mine would be complete without my Trash prince Walter Essner aka Mr Real Thing having beef with someone in the mens-room( or something, I have no fucking clue what is about to go down here)

Actors, media and characters. Connor Swindells - Sex Education ( Adam Groff)

Sofia Boutella - Atomic Blonde (Delphine)

Jack O’Connell - Starred Up ( Eric Love)

César Domboy - The Walk          ( Jeff/Jean)

Bobby Schofield - The Walk-In   ( Matthew Hankinson)

Theo Barklem Biggs - The First Team( Petey Brooks)

Jacob McCarthy - The Drummer And the Keeper (Christopher)

Tom Glynn Carney -  The Last Post (Tony Armstrong)

Alfie Allen - How to Build A Girl (John Kite)

Jacob Ifan - Cuffs (Jake Vickers)

Paul Boche - Uns Geht es Gut( The blond)

I seriously couldn’t find anything with Donal Finn( Eoin) or Corin Silva( Almonds). They are basically in nothing outside of SAS. Same goes for Bill Fraser, sorry @adowbaldwin​

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Doctor Who Convention: Bedford Who Charity Con 6 Raises an Astonishing £6643

#DoctorWho Convention: Bedford Who Charity Con 6 Raises an Astonishing £6643 (@BedfordWho)

We had to postpone it three times, it was 18 months later than originally scheduled, and 2½ years since the last one, but Bedford Who Charity Con 6 finally went ahead last Saturday (16th October). The pandemic meant masks were on, hand sanitiser was available in bucketloads – and yet a good time still seemed to be had by all. It’s a bit difficult to write this piece, since I’m the organiser and,…

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5 artistas que me inspiran a dibujar mejor.

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The Glorias (2020)

Coming Out at September 30, 2020 in theaters and VOD

Biography, Drama, History

Journalist, fighter, and feminist Gloria Steinem is an indelible icon known for her world-shaping activism, guidance of the revolutionary women’s movement, and writing that has impacted generations. In this nontraditional biopic, Julie Taymor crafts a complex tapestry of one of the most inspirational and legendary figures of modern history, based on Steinem’s own biographical book ‘My Life on the Road.’

THE GLORIAS (Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson, Ryan Keira Armstrong) traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman, to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York, to her role in the rise of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s, to the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference and beyond.

Director: Julie Taymor

Writers: Sarah Ruhl (screenplay by), Gloria Steinem (book), Sarah Ruhl (screenplay by)

Stars: Alicia Vikander, Julianne Moore, Janelle Monáe, Bette Midler, Timothy Hutton, Lulu Wilson, Ryan Keira Armstrong

►Cast

Alicia Vikander…Young Gloria SteinemJanelle Monáe…Dorothy Pitman HughesJulianne Moore…Gloria SteinemBette Midler…Bella AbzugTimothy Hutton…Leo SteinemLulu Wilson…Young Gloria SteinemLorraine Toussaint…Flo KennedyMo Brings Plenty…Charlie SoapRyan Kiera Armstrong…Young Gloria SteinemKimberly Guerrero…Wilma MankillerMyles Evans…Delegation LeaderDavid Shae…Male Journalist TimesVictor Slezak…WalterEnid Graham…RuthAllie McCulloch…Brenda FeigenTom Nowicki…Dr. John SpenceAnnika Pampel…OlgaJoan McMurtrey…Ms. Founder (Joan)Kimiko Gelman…Ms. Founder (Kimiko)Angela Relucio…Asian American DelegateCharles Green…Theodore H. WhiteMadhur Jaffrey…Indian FriendLynne Ashe…Irishwoman Taxi DriverJay Huguley…Handsome Male InterviewerBill Winkler…Leo’s DoctorKelley Davis…SalesgirlMichael Lowry…Interviewer StudioVince Pisani…Show! EditorJohn Winscher…Playboy PhotographerNick Basta…NY EditorMargo Moorer…Barbara JordanLeah Renee-K…June, ActivistBethany Geaber…Joanne EdgarKatelyn Farrugia…Harvard Woman 1Jerri Tubbs…ModeratorOlivia Olson…Young Susanne SteinemBillie D. Merritt…Woman at RallyFiona Domenica…London (Stewardess)Sean Hankinson…TV ProducerBethany DeZelle…Harvard Woman 2Chelsea Alana Rivera…Young Latina WomanDeetta West…Mrs. GreeneMarc Demeter…Harvard ProfessorDavid Harland Rousseau…Leon – A ColleagueMonica Sanchez…Dolores HuertaAndrew Eakle…Soda JerkStephen Royal Phillips…Toledo Police OfficerAriadne Joseph…Dr. Gloria ScottFriedman Twinkies…Working Mom’s BabyMuretta Moss…Reporter #1Alyssa AnnMarie Marquez…Cherokee Indian GirlAngelique Chase…Susan CaudillKorbi Dean…WaitressSienna Jeffries…LooperFelicia M. Reyes…Hispanic DelegateLyndsay Kimball…Harvard Woman 3Terrence Clowe…BarberSkylar Denney…Lesbian WomanPeggy Sheffield…Biker LadyChris Mayers…NewscasterThomas Clay Strickland…Reporter #2Andre Pushkin…Ukrainian DriverSamantha G. Smith…Speech Coach (as Samantha Glaudel Smith)Alan Wells…NYC PolicemanDennis Friebe…Knife ThrowerKathrine Barnes…RocketteAlisa Harris…Woman on the StreetCrystal Vazquez…ProtesterVictoria Petrosky…VictoriaCharisse Matthews…Black InterviewerAndre Rodriguez II…Reporter ShowMina Ownlee…Native American DelegateMark Rand…Doctor – SanitariumAlan Cassman…David SussmanJoe D. Lauck…Father EganJohn J. O’Neill Jr.…Vernon CountrymanKaren DeGennaro…Rally SupporterElgin Lee…Self – Man Getting a Shave in BarbershopOlivia Jordan…Ruby BrownNona Jedelle Cook…NonaSummer Ertel…RunnerDavid Michael-Smith…Convention Videographer / Diner PatronDeron Lillard…ParishionerGrant Henley…Show Magazine Staff WriterJim McKeny…Saul BellowJack Caron…NYC LocalCindy Long…Native American WomanMarlene Rivera…Hispanic rally member / audience memberNoah Hein…Altar BoyJenson Bland…Harvard StudentRosana Lucia FieldKimberly McTaw…Civil Rights DemonstraterDaniel James…NaysayerVal Tannuzzi…Puerto Rican Delegate (scenes deleted)Archana Prasanna…Speak out womanManuel Rivera…1977 Camera Man / Rally AttendantNakeisha Daniel…ShirleyIsabel Nola Dillard…Runner / Swing DancerJudd Sneirson…Playboy Club ChefSandy Burhans…Pro-Life Protester / Parishioner

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Breonna Taylor, police brutality, and the importance of #SayHerHame

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Breonna Taylor, police brutality, and the importance of #SayHerHame

By Melissa Brown, Rashawn Ray “Today is a good day to arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.” This phrase started as a call for the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office to hold accountable the officers that shot and killed the 26-year-old Louisville resident in her home in March 2020. In the months after Taylor’s killing, social media influencers and celebrities adopted the phrase to draw attention to her death as a way to disrupt the picturesque and cavalier digital culture of platforms like Instagram and Tik Tok. Oprah Winfrey even gave up her coveted spot on the cover of O Magazine by putting a picture of Taylor, an emergency medical technician, on the cover. Winfrey also placed billboards around the city of Louisville (one of which were vandalized) to demand the arrest of the officers involved. For a moment, this attention seemed to bring attention to Breonna and by extension Black women who are victims of police brutality. Louisville’s police chief resigned, the city council voted to ban no-knock warrants (naming it Breonna’s Law) and make body-worn cameras mandatory. The city also settled with Taylor’s family for $12 million for wrongful death. Nonetheless, earlier this week, a Kentucky grand jury voted not to bring charges against the officers—Brent Hankison, Jonathan Mattingly, and Myles Cosgrove—accused of participating in Taylor’s killing. Instead, Hankison, a former Louisville detective fired after the incident, was charged with three counts of  “wanton endangerment” for his role in a botched no-knock warrant raid on Taylor’s home. What was most troubling about the grand jury announcement was that Hankison’s charges are not for what he did to Taylor. Instead, the grand jury indicted Hankinson because the bullets from his gun went through Taylor’s walls and into her neighbor’s apartment occupied by three people (none of whom were shot). Once again, a Black woman’s fatal encounter with the police was minimized. Taylor’s neighbors’ mental anguish and property received more justice than her life. It is exactly this privileging of property over the bodies of Black women that illuminates why the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) headed by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw created the #SayHerName campaign. According to the 2015 Say Her Name Report, Crenshaw and her team coined Say Her Name to shed “light on Black women’s experiences of police violence to support a gender-inclusive approach to racial justice that centers all Black lives equally.” While the founders of Black Lives Matter intended the motto to encompass all Black people, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, a study we conducted with a team of researchers at the University of Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities found a gender discrepancy in how the message of Black Lives Matter played out when it became a hashtag on Twitter. We analyzed a collection of 31 million tweets generated between August 2014 and August 2015 on Ferguson after the killing of 17-year-old Missouri resident Michael Brown by Darren Wilson, an officer for the Ferguson Police Department at the time. Our findings indicate that opponents to police violence used hashtags for multiple reasons, one of which was to name Black people killed by police. However, of the nearly 300 phrases used as hashtags we collected, not even one named a Black woman or girl. Though Black women are 13% of the women population in the United States, they represent 20% of women killed by police and nearly 30% who are killed while unarmed. About 36% of women killed by police since 2015 were killed in their homes, like Taylor. It is a troubling pattern of Black women’s killings being justified as “caught in crossfire.” Still, we have to wonder how a $12 million settlement leads to a justifiable police killing with none of the officers being held accountable for that killing. Instead, taxpayers’ money, including Taylor’s own, was used to pay her family for her death. The results of this study demonstrate why #SayHerName is so necessary as a corrective to the erasure of the deaths of Black women in the narrative associated with the broader Movement for Black Lives. The Say Her Name report states that “Just as the officers who killed Mike Brown and Eric Garner escaped punishment for these homicides, officers who killed Black women and girls were not held accountable for their actions.” The Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to hold anyone accountable for Breonna Taylor’s death underscores this point. It is also worth noting that, beyond the gender differences in tweets that we analyzed, the level of public outcry about Breonna Taylor’s murder also points to differences in how Black women’s encounters with the police are perceived by the public. The online activism in support of Breonna Taylor did not appear to motivate the same public outcry as the protest activity that continues following the May 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. While some argue that video evidence makes the difference in the killings of Floyd and Taylor, the 2014 video in the beating of California resident Marlene Pinnock would seem to undercut that argument. In a subsequent study conducted in 2016, we found that beyond the differences in public outcry for Black women, news outlets also mentioned male victims of police brutality more often than female victims of police brutality.  We analyzed over 460,000 tweets generated between January 2016 and October 2016 and explicitly included the phrase #SayHerName. While journalists or news organizations retweeted nearly 40% of user accounts that mentioned Ferguson, only 18% of the retweeted users that tweeted about #SayHerName fell into that category. Our results show how news outlets contribute to police violence against Black women receiving less attention. Media outlets and journalists use social media to generate traffic for news websites. However, they also make choices about the narratives they amplify on Twitter and other mediums. Our findings suggest that the media often brings more awareness to #BlackLivesMatter and Black men’s experience with police violence relative to #SayHerName and the killings of Black women. Therefore, hashtags like #SayHisName or #SayTheirNames “muddle the very reasoning behind the creation of the #SayHerName,” as Precious Fondren notes. Moreover, online activism for Black women should not be compromised or splintered due to how calls to action obfuscate their intersectional plight.  Despite the grand jury’s failure to implicate anyone in Breonna Taylor’s death, the groundswell of online activism in her name means that more people now know how the justice system disempowers Black women victims of police brutality. Supporting the #SayHerName campaign means remaining steadfast in the struggle to upend how systemic racism and sexism intersect to disproportionately affect Black women. Melissa Brown is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and an incoming Assistant Professor of Communication at Santa Clara University. Rashawn Ray is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at The Brookings Institution and a Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. 

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

Image copyright Facebook

Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

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Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

The article was originally published here! What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

Image copyright Facebook

Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

The article was originally published here! What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

Image copyright Facebook

Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

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Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

The article was originally published here! What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

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Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

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Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

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Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

The article was originally published here! What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

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Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

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Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

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Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

The article was originally published here! What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

Image copyright Facebook

Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

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Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

The article was originally published here! What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

Image copyright Facebook

Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

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Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

The article was originally published here! What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

Image copyright Facebook

Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

Image copyright Getty Images

Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

Media playback is unsupported on your device

Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

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Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

The article was originally published here! What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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What happened to Breonna Taylor?

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Image caption Regular vigils have been held in Kentucky for Ms Taylor

The death of unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor – who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March – has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public “say her name” so she is not forgotten.

Her family sued the city for the death and reached a multi-million dollar settlement, which included several major police reforms. But they, alongside social justice advocates, are still demanding criminal charges for the three officers who fired the shots.

Two of the officers remain on the force and the third has been fired, but none have been charged. Investigations by state authorities and the FBI continue, with a decision on charges expected in the coming days.

“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice,” said her mother, Tamika Palmer, after the settlement was reached in Septembere.

“It’s time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more,” she continued.

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Image caption Breonna Taylor, 26, was a decorated emergency medical technician

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

Ms Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was at home in bed in Louisville on 13 March, when police officers entered her apartment shortly after midnight, her family says. She died after being shot in her hallway at least five times.

The Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics officers raided her home, using a battering ram to take her front door off its hinges. No drugs were found on her property and Ms Taylor has no criminal record.

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Media caption“Questions still aren’t answered”: Breonna Taylor’s family are worried about a “cover-up”

Police were acting on a “no-knock” warrant, a controversial type of search warrant that allows police to enter the home without warning. Police claim they did knock before entering but Ms Taylor’s family and a neighbour have disputed this.

Ms Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, a licensed gun owner, according to her family. After being awoken, Mr Walker opened fire with his pistol.

Mr Walker believed people were breaking in and he fired in self-defence, he told police during an interview on the night of Ms Taylor’s death.

In an audio recording of Mr Walker’s call to 911, he is heard telling the emergency dispatcher: “I don’t know what’s happening. Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend.”

Louisville police say they returned fire after one officer was shot in the leg. Officers did not provide medical aid to Ms Taylor, as they were helping their colleague who had been hit in the shootout.

The police report contained numerous errors, including listing Ms Taylor’s injuries as “none” and saying no force was used to enter, when a battering ram had been used.

Mr Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault of a police officer, but the case against him was dropped in May amid national scrutiny of the case.

Why were police at her home?

The search warrant obtained by police included Ms Taylor’s address because authorities believed a suspect in a drug ring – her ex-boyfriend – used her apartment to hide drugs, according to US media.

The ex-boyfriend, who was arrested on the same night of her death for drug possession, has said that prosecutors pressed him to name Ms Taylor as a “co-defendant” in the case against him.

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Image caption Billboards around Louisville call for the three officers to be arrested

In May, Ms Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. That civil suit concluded in September with a $12m (£9.3m) pay out from the city, but family members say that was only one “layer” of justice for Ms Taylor.

What are ‘no-knock’ search warrants?

No-knock warrants allow police to enter a residence unannounced. They are often used in drug raids to prevent suspects from flushing evidence down the toilet. But they have long been controversial, with critics saying they can have a traumatic effect on unsuspecting suspects or innocent bystanders.

Only Florida and Oregon ban no-knock warrants state-wide, but after Ms Taylor’s death other states and cities have begun working on similar legislation.

Louisville’s city council banned them as a direct result of the case, calling the action “Breonna’s law”.

In June, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representative voted to ban no-knock warrants for federal police nationwide, but the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to take up the bill.

What has changed since her death?

The financial settlement included a series of police reforms, including a requirement that all search warrants be approved by a senior officer and a housing credit to officers who move to the low-income neighbourhoods they patrol.

The officers who entered Ms Taylor’s apartment were not wearing body cameras.

The Louisville Metro Police Department now requires all officers to wear body cameras. The former police chief was fired in June after officers failed to turn on their cameras before a separate fatal shooting of an African-American restaurant owner, David McAtee.

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Media caption“It’s only the beginning of getting full justice”: Breonna Taylor’s mother reacts to the settlement

The city now plans to bring in their third police chief since Ms Taylor’s death. Yvette Gentry, who takes over on 1 October, will be the department’s first black female police chief.

One of the three officers involved in Ms Taylor’s death – Brett Hankinson – was fired from the force in June after investigators found he had “wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds” into Ms Taylor’s apartment, according to his termination letter.

The other two officers who fired their weapons that night, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove, have been re-assigned to administrative duties.

How big has the campaign become?

Ms Taylor’s name circulated widely during the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which erupted in May after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Many felt her death had been overlooked and deserved more attention.

Since then, more and more Americans have called for justice in her memory.

At the Democratic National Convention in August, both former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentioned her. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the officers should be criminally charged.

Major league sports athletes have worn her name on their helmets, jerseys and shoes, and chat show host Oprah Winfrey commissioned billboards in Louisville to call for her killers to be arrested.

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Image caption US athletes have been wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on their uniforms

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