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Louisville's Police Department Fires An Officer Involved In Breonna Taylor's Death

Police Chief Rob Schroeder said that Brett Hankison "displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life" when he shot Taylor. He is one of three police officers involved in the shooting.
Protesters march holding placards and a portrait of Breonna Taylor during a demonstration against racism and police brutality in Hollywood, California earlier this month.The mayor of Louisville has announced that an officer involved in her death will be fired.

Louisville's police department is firing one of the Louisville police officers involved in the March shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

Mayor Greg Fischer that the chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department has started termination procedures against Brett Hankison.

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