Sculpted Breonna Taylor Bust in Downtown Oakland Vandalized Day After Christmas
Less than two weeks ago, a statue created to honor the life of Breonna Taylor debuted in Oakland s Latham Square; it was promptly broken into pieces the day after Christmas by unknown vandals.
The police killing of Breonna Taylor continued to fuel civic unrest after a Kentucky grand jury decided to indict only one of the three Louisville Metro Police Department officers involved in the fatal shooting back in March. None of the men involved were indicted on murder charges; Brett Hankison the now-terminated officer charged in the disturbance was given three counts of wanton endangerment over shots fired into adjacent apartments; his bond was set at $15,000; an FBI ballistics team calculated that around 22 shots were fired from the group of on-site officers.