Tributes to Breonna Taylor are seen during a protest against racial inequality in in Los Angeles. Photo: ReutersThe police chief in Louisville, Kentucky says he intends to fire one of three officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed in a burst of gunfire when drug investigators mistakenly entered her home. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was killed on March 13 after the officers entered her apartment bearing a "no-knock" arrest warrant that targeted the wrong house. "Your actions displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life when you wantonly and blindly fired ten (10) rounds into the apartment of Breonna Taylor," Schroeder wrote. One officer was struck in the leg and all three returned fire, hitting Taylor at least eight times, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 19, 2020 20:37 UTC