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Photos: Protests erupt in Louisville over Breonna Taylor ruling
Huge protests erupted on September 23 in Louisville, Kentucky, after a grand jury ruling was decried by civil rights activists as a miscarriage of justice in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in March this year. The jury decided that none of the three white officers involved in the deadly police raid on Taylor's apartment would be charged for causing her death. Protesters filled the streets of Louisville and marched for hours chanting, "No lives matter until Black lives matter." Two officers were shot and wounded during the protest and one suspect was arrested.
Updated on: Sep 24, 2020 6:22 PM IST
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Demonstrators face off with police officers during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky, US on September 23. Two police officers were shot and wounded late on September 23 in Louisville, during protests of a grand jury ruling decried by civil rights activists as a miscarriage of justice in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in March this year, Reuters reported. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg)
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Demonstrators hold a placard while marching in downtown Louisville on September 23. The grand jury in its ruling decided that none of the three white officers involved in the deadly police raid on Taylor’s apartment would be charged for causing her death, though one officer was indicted on charges of endangering her neighbours. (Jeff Dean / AFP)
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Police officers move past Louisville City Hall to clear protesters from a plaza ahead of a 9pm curfew in Louisville on September 23. The indictment came more than six months after Taylor, 26, an African-American emergency medical technician and aspiring nurse, was killed in front of her armed boyfriend after the three officers forced their way into her home with a search warrant in a drug trafficking investigation, Reuters reported. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)
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A demonstrator is detained during a protest in Louisville on September 23. Following the grand jury announcement, protesters immediately took to the streets of Kentucky’s largest city and marched for hours chanting, “No lives matter until Black lives matter,” amid sporadic clashes with police in riot gear. (Brandon Bell / AFP)
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A police officer stands behind a vehicle during the protest in Louisville on September 23. The demonstrations remained mostly peaceful until several gunshots rang out as heavily armed police closed in on a throng of protesters at nightfall. Two officers were shot and wounded, interim Louisville Metropolitan Police chief Robert Schroeder told Reuters. (Jon Cherry / AFP)
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A trash can ignited by demonstrators burns outside the Louisville Hall of Justice during a protest in Louisville on September 23. In announcing the grand jury’s conclusions, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the panel had declined to bring any charges whatsoever against two of the three white policemen who fired into Taylor’s apartment on March 13. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg)
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Louisville Police officers arrest demonstrators during a protest in Louisville on September 23. The two officers, Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove, were found to have been justified under Kentucky law in returning fire after Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot at them, wounding Mattingly in the thigh, Cameron said. (Michael M. Santiago / AFP)
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