Updated September 24th, 2020 at 06:46 IST

Protesters in New York demand justice for Breonna

Demonstrators calling for prosecution of police officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor resumed their protest Wednesday after prosecutors announced a single officer had been indicted but not on charges involving the Black woman's death.

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Demonstrators calling for prosecution of police officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor resumed their protest Wednesday after prosecutors announced a single officer had been indicted but not on charges involving the Black woman's death.

Some protesters in New York gathered in downtown Manhattan after officials announced a grand jury's decision not to indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Taylor's death.

The protests that rekindled as soon as the news of the grand jury's decision broke Wednesday afternoon appeared to be largely peaceful.

A grand jury brought no charges for the killing of Taylor, who was shot multiple times by police who burst into her home March 13 during a drug raid gone wrong.

State Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the officers' shots that killed Taylor were fired in self-defense.

The FBI is still investigating potential violations of federal law in the case.

 

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Published September 24th, 2020 at 06:46 IST