For anti-racist activists in the United States, this is another case of racial violence after the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in February. The nightly homicide of a black paramedic in her own apartment by police in Louisville, Kentucky, sparked outrage at American politicians, associations and internet users on Wednesday.
Breonna Taylor, 26, and her partner, Kenneth Walker, were sleeping in their Louisville apartment on March 13 when police officers from this city in east central United States knocked on the door without warning, the statement said. family lawyer.
The officers, with a search warrant, were acting on a false wanted opinion regarding a suspect who was no longer living in the building and who was already detained. They hit the young woman with at least eight bullets, the lawyer said.
Kenneth Walker, who had a firearms license, responded to the intrusion by shooting the police. He was arrested on charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. The case, which went relatively unnoticed at the material time, resurfaced this week with the intervention of Ben Crump, a lawyer known to defend black victims of police blunders.
A complaint filed
He filed a complaint on behalf of the family of Breonna Taylor, demanding that "Answers" Louisville police, who have yet to respond. "The police did not provide any response to the facts and circumstances of this tragedy, nor did they take responsibility for this senseless murder", he denounced.
The mayor of Louisville, Greg Fischer, said he wanted the "Truth so". "Police can find themselves in extremely difficult situations", he noted, adding: “Besides, the inhabitants have rights. " Ben Crump also represents the family of Ahmaud Arbery, a black jogger killed by two whites in February in the state of Georgia, a case that recently sparked outrage after a video of the incident was released.
Several American personalities have expressed their indignation at the death of Breonna Taylor. "It is so dehumanizing that Breonna's family and many others are forced to launch public campaigns just to have the lives of the victims recognized and to obtain the dignity of justice", lamented Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising star of the Democratic Left.
“#BreonnaTaylor was one of the healthcare professionals who helped us through this pandemic. But even as it helped save lives, police violence took its own, " also accused the Black Lives Matter movement.
