Publisher's Synopsis
THE BIOGRAPHY OF BREONNA TAYLOR: Victim of Police Violence. What to know about her death. BY JAMES FANDOS
The death of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker who was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in March 2020 during a botched raid on her apartment, has been one of the main drivers of wide-scale demonstrations that erupted in the spring and summer over policing and racial injustice in the United States.
A grand jury in September indicted a former Louisville detective involved in the raid, Brett Hankison, for wanton endangerment of neighbors whose apartment was hit when he fired without a clear line of sight into the sliding glass patio door and window of Ms. Taylor's apartment. He pleaded not guilty. No charges were announced against the other two officers who fired shots, and no one was charged for causing Ms. Taylor's death.
Detective Myles Cosgrove, one of the officers who shot Ms. Taylor, and Detective Joshua Jaynes, who prepared the search warrant for the raid, received letters of termination in late December, according to lawyers representing the officers. Detectives Cosgrove and Jaynes were officially fired on Jan. 5, according to The Louisville Courier-Journal. The Justice Department announced on Monday that it would investigate the Louisville police and the local county government.
Breonna Taylor, perhaps the most conspicuous casualties of police brutality and wrongdoing in 2020, was born on June 5, 1993, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was raised by her mom, Tamika Palmer, and her beau, Trory Herrod, in Louisville, Kentucky. Taylor went to nearby schools and moved on from Western High School in Louisville in 2011. Taylor momentarily went to the University of Kentucky and afterward turned into an Emergency Medical Technician for the city of Louisville. She worked for Jewish East Medical Center as a full-time Emergency Room Technician (ERT) and a Practicing Registered Nurse (PRN) for Norton Healthcare. Taylor wanted to turn into a medical attendant, yet her fantasies were stopped when she was gunned down in her own home by cops.
On her Facebook page, Taylor described her love for helping others. "Working in health care is so rewarding! It makes me so happy when I know I've made a difference in someone else's life!" she said.
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