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Tri-State Leaders React To Breonna Taylor Case Decision

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Tri-State Leaders React To Breonna Taylor Case Decision
Tri-State Leaders React To Breonna Taylor Case Decision
Tri-State Leaders React To Breonna Taylor Case Decision

Say when hankisons fired his weapon - bullets traveled into the walls of other apartments - which put other innocence lives in danger "in total 6 bullets struck miss taylor - kentucky's attorney general says the police shooting was justified - adding officers identified themselves before entering taylors home - "medical evidence obtained by our team indicates that only one shot was fatal, further medical evidence shows that miss taylor would have died from the fatal shot within a few seconds to two minutes after being struck" in response to the grand jury's decision - fear looming tonight - that violence couet losvleasmpetay thits veceng - tsst uiil pic- irobseouy,utt lcnlnnsi t n b li ts nt- eoa lls asororr ofcehais - lslu uea waanfohiarst wh a ,0 lso-s ui, ledrn l rn f rro andita-- prestogh-b lal commun d rctng to the decision made earlier today.

44news reporter megan diventi has the story.

The breonna taylor case---not just a focal point in louisville--but in cities across america.... cities in the tri- state on edge-- in louisville-- parts of the city shutdown--- businesses boarded up... back here at home--the current climate-- still calm.... we caught up with an evansville reverand earlier tho gave us his take.... "we've had certain situations that have happened here that could have escalated just as fast as the one did in lousiville, but we just wanted to say we're thankful that we are trying to work on race relations and community relations in this community and some of the administration is willing to sit down and listen.

That's the first step is that you can get people to come to the table that are really willing to sit down and listen and willing to understand the pleas of the people."

And with many gathering in larger cities-- covid-19 still a major concern.... "as we've done with previous demonstrations an d protests and rallies, that's fine.

That's all our first amendment right...we certainly encourage that in a peaceful manner, but we also encourage it in a safe manner so if people are inclined to gather in large crowds we do encourage social distancing if possible, but we also request, really implore people to wear masks because we can express our first amendment rights, but we can also do so and protect public health and that's what i ask people to consider."

We did reach out to local law enforcement--- vanderburgh county sheriff dave wedding tells me they--- along with evansville police--have been trained on handling civil unrest.... reverand al sharpton also weighing in on the decision earlier today-- calling it "grossly insufficient."

For now reporting in evanville, md, 44news.

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