Hundreds Gather To Demand Justice For Breonna Taylor 1 Year After Her Death

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Louisville on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was killed by police officers at her apartment one year ago.

Taylor, whose name has become a rallying cry in the movement for racial justice, was killed in a narcotics raid on March 13 of last year when Louisville Metro Police Department officers forced their way into her home. She was not the target of the raid.

On Saturday, activists and supporters joined Taylor's family in a rally at Jefferson Square Park — the heart of many of Louisville's protests over the last year — to remember her life and demand further justice.

Those demands included calls on state and local officials to hold Louisville police officers accountable for Taylor's death. None of the officers who fired their weapons in the raid have faced criminal charges for Taylor's killing.

The city settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Taylor's family in September for $12 million. The settlement included a series of police reforms. Louisville had earlier also banned no-knock warrants.