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A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to nationwide protests in the U.S.
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Jury that screens potential prosecutions
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Kentucky
U.S. state
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Breonna Taylor
Medical worker killed by police (1993–2020)
Breonna Taylor was an African-American woman who was shot and killed while unarmed in her Louisville, Kentucky, home by three police officers who entered under the auspices of a "no-knock" search warrant. After Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) ex-detective Brett…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Breonna Taylor protests
2020–22 protests after the police shooting of Breonna Taylor
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September 23
Day of the year
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