Breonna Taylor” became a rallying cry this summer, emblazoned on T-shirts worn by celebrities and sports stars while protesters filled the streets demanding police accountability.
In the end, none of the officers were charged with Taylor’s killing, although one was indicted for shooting into a neighbouring home that had people inside.The outcome demonstrates the vast disconnect between widespread public expectation of justice and the limits of the law when police use deadly force.
Police officer charged in Breonna Taylor case — but not for her death “Criminal law is not meant to respond to every sorrow and grief,” Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the first African American elected to the job in Kentucky, told reporters after the grand.