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Attorney, Family Say US Justice System Failed Breonna Taylor

Ken Bredemeier

   The attorney for Breonna Taylor, a Black emergency medical worker who
   was killed by white police officers last March in Kentucky as they
   carried out a botched drug raid, said Friday that a grand jury's
   decision not to bring homicide charges against the officers was an
   example of systemic racism that persists in America.

   "There seems to be two justice systems in America, one for Black
   America and one for white America," said Benjamin Crump at a news
   conference in Louisville. "It underscores what we've been saying all
   along."

   Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, also denounced the grand jury's
   decision, saying in a statement the decision underscored "why I have no
   faith in the legal system. The police and law were not made to protect
   us Black and brown women."

   Palmer said she "knew" Kentucky Attorney General David Cameron "would
   never do his job" and added, "The system as a whole has failed
   Breonna."

   Taylor's family and Crump repeated a call for Cameron to release a
   transcript of the grand jury proceedings.

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