Breonna Taylor protests

{{short description|2020–22 protests after the police shooting of Breonna Taylor}}

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| title = Breonna Taylor protests

| partof = the United States racial unrest and the Black Lives Matter movement

| image = Breonna Taylor Memorial Louisville Kentucky.jpg

| caption = Memorial for Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky

| date = May 26, 2020 – August 4, 2022
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| place = United States

| causes = *Shooting of Breonna Taylor

| methods = Protests, demonstrations, civil disobedience, online activism

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The Breonna Taylor protests were a series of police brutality protests surrounding the killing of Breonna Taylor. Taylor was a 26-year-old African-American woman who was fatally shot by plainclothes officers of the Louisville Metro Police Department on March 13, 2020. Police were initially given "no-knock" search warrant, but orders were changed to "knock and announce" before the raid. Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who was inside the apartment with her during the raid, said he thought the officers were intruders. He fired one shot, hitting officer Mattingly in the leg, and the officers fired 32 shots in return, killing Taylor.{{Cite news|last=Oppel|first=Richard A. Jr. |date=May 30, 2020|title=Here's What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor's Death|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html|url-status=live|access-date=June 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601003544/https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html|archive-date=June 1, 2020|issn=0362-4331}} (From the [https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html Internet Archive index] for the page, compare captures for August 30, 2020, and September 2, 2020, to see the change in coverage concerning the warrant.)

For months after the shooting, there were demands from Taylor's family, the family's attorneys, members of the local community, and protesters worldwide that the officers involved in the shooting be fired and criminally charged.{{Cite news |first1=Ray |last1=Sanchez |first2=Elizabeth |last2=Joseph |date=June 19, 2020 |title=Louisville, Kentucky, seeks to fire police officer in shooting of Breonna Taylor |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/breonna-taylor-shooting-officer-firing/index.html |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620194426/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/breonna-taylor-shooting-officer-firing/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|last1=Costello|first1=Darcy|title=Louisville police is firing officer Brett Hankison involved in Breonna Taylor shooting|newspaper=USA Today|publisher=Gannett|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/19/breonna-taylor-shooting-louisville-police-fire-officer-brett-hankison/3222169001/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620052807/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/19/breonna-taylor-shooting-louisville-police-fire-officer-brett-hankison/3222169001/ |date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 20, 2020|issn=0734-7456}} On September 23, 2020, a state grand jury indicted Brett Hankison, one of the three officers who shot during the incident, on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment for endangering Taylor's neighbors with his shots. He was later acquitted. On August 4, 2022, Hankison and three other officers were federally charged with violating Taylor's civil rights, unlawful conspiracy, obstruction and unconstitutional use of force.{{cite web|title=Four current, former Louisville police officers federally charged in Breonna Taylor's death|website=CNN|date=August 4, 2022|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/04/us/breonna-taylor-federal-charges/index.html|access-date=March 10, 2024|archive-date=August 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804153621/https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/04/us/breonna-taylor-federal-charges/index.html|url-status=live}}

Timeline

= May 2020 =

File:Sit-in Against Racial Injustice, Downtown Indianapolis (2020-06-06).webm shouting out Taylor's name in remembrance for what would have been her 27th birthday.]]

On May 26, multiple protesters, including friends and family of Taylor, protested outside Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer's office and demanded the three officers be arrested and charged with murder.{{Cite news|last1=Ratterman|first1=Lexie|last2=Shanahan|first2=Kristen|date=May 26, 2020|title=Protesters demand Mayor Fischer fire LMPD officers who shot, killed Breonna Taylor|publisher=WDRB|url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/protesters-demand-mayor-fischer-fire-lmpd-officers-who-shot-killed-breonna-taylor/article_fc730d3a-9f6c-11ea-9fc9-9f0aaf367e10.html|access-date=May 27, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229011501/https://www.wdrb.com/news/protesters-demand-mayor-fischer-fire-lmpd-officers-who-shot-killed-breonna-taylor/article_fc730d3a-9f6c-11ea-9fc9-9f0aaf367e10.html|url-status=live}}

On May 27, one Louisville police sergeant said that "The comment section is full of 'All cops need to die' and 'Kill pigs' and things like that" and that several days earlier, while responding to a 911 call near Taylor's apartment, multiple people threw pieces of concrete at police officers (who were uninjured) and then ran away.{{Cite news|last=Lord|first=Shaquille|date=May 27, 2020|title=LMPD says national exposure of Breonna Taylor case causing concern for officer safety|publisher=WLKY|url=https://www.wlky.com/article/lmpd-addresses-threats-towards-officers-in-midst-of-breonna-taylor-investigation/32679490|url-status=live|access-date=May 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530061309/https://www.wlky.com/article/lmpd-addresses-threats-towards-officers-in-midst-of-breonna-taylor-investigation/32679490|archive-date=May 30, 2020}}

On May 28, 500 to 600 demonstrators marched in Downtown Louisville, chanting, "No justice, no peace, prosecute police!" and "Breonna, Breonna, Breonna!"{{cite news|date=May 29, 2020|title=7 shot at Louisville protest over fatal police shooting|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2020-05-28/7-shot-at-louisville-protest-over-fatal-police-shooting|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408221718/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2020-05-28/7-shot-at-louisville-protest-over-fatal-police-shooting|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Sylvestri|first1=Shellie|date=May 29, 2020|title=7 shot as Breonna Taylor supporters protest in downtown Louisville|publisher=WAVE-TV|url=https://www.wave3.com/2020/05/29/shot-breonna-taylor-supporters-protest-downtown-louisville/|url-status=live|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531232533/https://www.wave3.com/2020/05/29/shot-breonna-taylor-supporters-protest-downtown-louisville/|archive-date=May 31, 2020}} The protests continued into the early morning of May 29, when seven people were shot; one was in critical condition. At the same time, Taylor's sister, Juniyah Palmer, posted on her Facebook page, "At this point y'all are no longer doing this for my sister! You guys are just vandalizing stuff for NO reason, I had a friend ask people why they are there most didn't even know the 'protest' was for my sister."{{cite news|date=May 29, 2020|title=Seven people shot during Louisville protests|publisher=WYMT-TV|url=https://www.wymt.com/content/news/Seven-people-shot-during-Louisville-protests-570857621.html|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408103220/https://www.wymt.com/content/news/Seven-people-shot-during-Louisville-protests-570857621.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Vogt|first=Dustin|date=May 30, 2020|title=Sister of Breonna Taylor posts reaction against violent protest|publisher=WAVE-TV|url=https://www.wave3.com/2020/05/30/sister-breonna-taylor-posts-reaction-against-violent-protest/|url-status=live|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601140001/https://www.wave3.com/2020/05/30/sister-breonna-taylor-posts-reaction-against-violent-protest/|archive-date=June 1, 2020}} These protests and demonstrations were part of the nationwide reaction to the murder of George Floyd, an African-American man who was killed in police custody on May 25, 2020.{{Cite news|author1=Evan McMorris-Santoro|author2=Kevin Brunelli|author3=Theresa Waldrop|date=June 2, 2020|title=Louisville, Kentucky, police chief fired after protest shooting death|publisher=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/louisville-protests-man-shot-dead/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602000507/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/louisville-protests-man-shot-dead/index.html|archive-date=June 2, 2020}}

= June 2020 =

File:BlackLivesMatter demonstration Berlin 2020-06-06, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Black Trans Lives Matter.png, Germany, on June 6, 2020; demonstrators hold posters with the photos of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.]]

On June 1, 2020, David McAtee, a 53-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot by the Kentucky Army National Guard in Louisville during nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd and the killing of Breonna Taylor.{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Marcus|title=Beshear urges swift release of videos showing fatal police/National Guard shooting of Louisville man|url=https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/beshear-urges-swift-release-of-videos-showing-fatal-police-national-guard-shooting-of-louisville-man/article_be5e63f0-a42b-11ea-9d6c-9f6ecfa4b2b5.html|access-date=February 23, 2022|website=WDRB|date=June 2020|language=en|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603101855/https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/beshear-urges-swift-release-of-videos-showing-fatal-police-national-guard-shooting-of-louisville-man/article_be5e63f0-a42b-11ea-9d6c-9f6ecfa4b2b5.html|url-status=live}} The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) and National Guard were in the area to enforce a curfew. According to officials, the police and soldiers were fired upon by McAtee, and two Louisville officers and two National Guardsmen returned fire. McAtee was killed by a shot fired from a guardsman. The body cams of the police involved were deactivated during the shooting, in violation of department policy.{{Cite web|last=Lampen|first=Claire|date=June 2, 2020|title=Everything We Know About the Police Shooting of David McAtee|url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/david-mcatee-police-shooting-in-louisville-what-we-know.html|access-date=February 23, 2022|website=The Cut|language=en-us|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223195901/https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/david-mcatee-police-shooting-in-louisville-what-we-know.html|url-status=live}} Hours later, police chief Steve Conrad was fired by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.{{Cite web|date=April 20, 2021|title=Protests, Louisville police chief fired after fatal shooting|url=https://apnews.com/article/louisville-police-us-news-ap-top-news-riots-3804be7642245883e6987f402e9e6302|access-date=February 23, 2022|website=AP NEWS|language=en|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223195900/https://apnews.com/article/louisville-police-us-news-ap-top-news-riots-3804be7642245883e6987f402e9e6302|url-status=live}}

On June 27, Steven Lopez was arrested after firing shots on the crowd of protesters gathered at Louisville's Jefferson Square Park, killing one and injuring another.{{cite news|date=June 29, 2020|title=Authorities identify suspect in fatal shooting at Jefferson Square Park|publisher=WDRB|url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/authorities-identify-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-at-jefferson-square-park/article_9521ad2e-b968-11ea-8665-7787ba5368d4.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629141850/https://www.wdrb.com/news/authorities-identify-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-at-jefferson-square-park/article_9521ad2e-b968-11ea-8665-7787ba5368d4.html |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=June 29, 2020}} Lopez had previously taken part in the Breonna Taylor protests before the incident took place as well, but later got into arguments with other Jefferson Park protesters which resulted in at least three reported physical confrontations. Lopez was also among a group of 17 Louisville protesters who had been arrested on June 17 for inciting a riot, disorderly conduct, harassment and possession of drug paraphernalia.

File:Juneteenth_reparations_rally_to_demand_reparations_from_the_United_States_government_(50024214021).jpg cardboard cutout at a rally at the state capitol building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, June 2020]]

In Saint Paul, Minnesota, protesters seeking justice for Breonna Taylor held a "Red Sunday" march on June 26 and gathered at several locations in the Twin Cities.{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2020|title=Crowd protests Breonna Taylor decision with march through downtown Minneapolis|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/life/crowd-protests-breonna-taylor-decision-outside-us-bank-stadium/89-66113181-53ec-42af-814a-823d3ebe2310|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=kare11.com|publisher=KARE 11|language=en-US|archive-date=May 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506072920/https://www.kare11.com/article/life/crowd-protests-breonna-taylor-decision-outside-us-bank-stadium/89-66113181-53ec-42af-814a-823d3ebe2310|url-status=live}}

= July 2020 =

On July 4, over 100 people participated in the Youth March for Freedom in downtown Louisville. The participants stopped at historical civil rights sites, and speakers called for the end of racial injustice and told the stories of the people affiliated with the sites.{{Cite web|last=Loosemore|first=Bailey|title=100+ youth march 'for freedom' in downtown Louisville on Independence Day|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/04/louisville-youth-march-for-freedom-downtown-independence-day/5367953002/|date=July 4, 2020|access-date=August 1, 2020|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=May 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506073021/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/04/louisville-youth-march-for-freedom-downtown-independence-day/5367953002/|url-status=live}} On July 14, the national social justice organization Until Freedom organized a march of over 100 people to Attorney General Cameron's house, where protesters occupied his lawn, demanding charges against the officers involved in the killing.{{Cite news |title=87 people charged with felonies after Breonna Taylor protest at attorney general's house |language=en-US |work=CBS News |first=Jordan |last=Freiman |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/87-arrested-outside-kentucky-ags-house-during-breonna-taylor-protest/ |date=July 15, 2020 |access-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715022855/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/87-arrested-outside-kentucky-ags-house-during-breonna-taylor-protest/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|last3=Tobin|first1=Bailey|last1=Loosemore|first2=Hayes|last2=Gardner|first3=Ben|title=Protesters converge on Daniel Cameron's Louisville home to demand justice for Breonna Taylor|language=en-US|website=The Courier-Journal|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/14/breonna-taylor-protests-protesters-march-louisvilles-east-end/5435972002/|date=July 14, 2020|access-date=July 15, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506073026/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/14/breonna-taylor-protests-protesters-march-louisvilles-east-end/5435972002/|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|user=Phil_Lewis_|number=1283155292344156160|date=July 14, 2020|title=Protesters are demonstrating on the lawn of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's home, chanting "Say her name! Breonna Taylor!" Police are taking some of them into custody now|access-date=July 14, 2020}} Police officers and a police helicopter were present as 87 protesters, including Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills and The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams, were arrested and removed from the lawn.{{Cite web|title=87 arrested following protest on AG Daniel Cameron's lawn in Louisville|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/87-arrested-following-protest-on-ag-daniel-camerons-lawn-in-louisville/ar-BB16JtBd|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=MSN|archive-date=July 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715010512/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/87-arrested-following-protest-on-ag-daniel-camerons-lawn-in-louisville/ar-BB16JtBd|url-status=live}}

By mid-July, there had been about 50 days of protests. According to LMPD, 435 protesters had been arrested.{{Cite web|last=Gardner|first=Hayes|date=July 16, 2020|title=49 days and 435 arrests: Protesters in Breonna Taylor movement unfazed by charges|url=https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/07/16/breonna-taylor-protesters-arrests-show-we-mean-business/5434947002/|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en|archive-date=May 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506072943/https://subscribe.courier-journal.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2020%2F07%2F16%2Fbreonna-taylor-protesters-arrests-show-we-mean-business%2F5434947002%2F&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH|url-status=live}} On July 24, protesters marched into the NuLu area of Louisville, blocked the 600 block of E. Market Street with metal barricades and set up long metal tables for an impromptu block party to highlight demands for NuLu business owners, including hiring a more proportionate number of black workers.{{Cite news|last1=Kenning|first1=Chris|last2=Gardner|first2=Hayes|last3=Tobin|first3=Ben|title=76 Black Lives Matter protesters arrested after blocking off NuLu street|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/24/breonna-taylor-shooting-100-blm-protesters-march-nulu-neighborhood/5505338002/|date=July 24, 2020|access-date=August 1, 2020|work=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=May 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506073023/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/24/breonna-taylor-shooting-100-blm-protesters-march-nulu-neighborhood/5505338002/|url-status=live}} Police cleared the street and arrested 76 protesters who refused to leave.{{Cite web|title=76 arrested during Breonna Taylor demonstration in NuLu|url=https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/protesters-block-e-market-in-nulu/417-e7487b85-8431-4c0d-91d1-8befba6cb2b0|access-date=August 1, 2020|website=whas11.com|date=July 24, 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=July 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730233226/https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/protesters-block-e-market-in-nulu/417-e7487b85-8431-4c0d-91d1-8befba6cb2b0|url-status=live}}

On July 25, 300 members of the Atlanta-based black militia NFAC (Not Fucking Around Coalition) marched to Louisville's Metro Hall with the street lined with local protesters. NFAC founder John "Grandmaster Jay" Johnson gave a speech calling on officials to speed up and be more transparent about the investigation into Taylor's death.{{Cite web |last5=Tobin |first1=Chris |last1=Kenning |first2=Phillip M. |last2=Bailey |first3=Hayes |last3=Gardner |first4=Savannah |last4=Eadens |first5=Ben |title=Opposing armed militias converge in Louisville, escalating tensions but avoiding violence |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/25/louisville-protests-nfac-three-percenters-expected-demonstrate/3288198001/ |date=July 25, 2020 |access-date=August 2, 2020 |website=The Courier-Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210611055437/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/25/louisville-protests-nfac-three-percenters-expected-demonstrate/3288198001/ |url-status=live }}

= August 2020 =

As of August 10, LMPD had arrested 500 protesters over 75 days of protests.{{Cite web|last=Wolfson|first=Andrew|title=Lawyer for protest group seeks to block enforcement of new Louisville police policy|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/08/10/firm-initiative-lawyer-seeks-block-enforcement-protest-crackdown/3336208001/|date=August 10, 2020|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711093232/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/08/10/firm-initiative-lawyer-seeks-block-enforcement-protest-crackdown/3336208001/|url-status=live}}

= September 2020 =

On September 23, the night after the grand jury verdict was announced, protesters gathered in the Jefferson Square Park area of Louisville as well as many other U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Diego, Las Vegas, and Portland.{{Cite news|last1=Callimachi|first1=Rukmini|last2=Bogel-Burroughs|first2=Nicholas|last3=Eligon|first3=John|date=September 24, 2020|title=Breonna Taylor Live Updates: 2 Officers Shot in Louisville Protests|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/breonna-taylor-decision-verdict.html|access-date=September 24, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229011224/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/breonna-taylor-decision-verdict.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=September 24, 2020|title=Protests erupt in San Diego and across the US following latest Breonna Taylor court decision -|url=https://www.kusi.com/protests-erupt-in-san-diego-and-across-the-us-following-latest-breonna-taylor-court-decision/|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=McKinnon Broadcasting|language=en-US|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926025748/https://www.kusi.com/protests-erupt-in-san-diego-and-across-the-us-following-latest-breonna-taylor-court-decision/|url-status=live}} The previous day, a state of emergency had been declared in Louisville in anticipation of the verdict announcement. Over 1000 Kentucky National Guardsmen were mobilized to supplement the LMPD to assist with demonstration control and curfew enforcement{{Cite news|last=Armus|first=Teo|date=September 22, 2020|title='A state of emergency': Louisville braces for grand jury decision in Breonna Taylor case|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/22/breonna-taylor-louisville-decision/|access-date=September 24, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924044931/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/22/breonna-taylor-louisville-decision/|url-status=live}} In Louisville, two LMPD officers were shot during the protest and one suspect was kept in custody.{{Cite news|last=Yancey-Bragg|first=N'dea|title=Breonna Taylor case: Two police officers shot during protest after officials announce charges; FBI SWAT team at scene|date=September 23, 2020|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/23/breonna-taylor-announcement-grand-jury-louisville-police-case-updates/5814876002/|access-date=September 24, 2020|newspaper=USA Today|language=en-US|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121165218/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/23/breonna-taylor-announcement-grand-jury-louisville-police-case-updates/5814876002/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last1=Loosemore |first1=Bailey |last2=Austin |first2=Emma |last3=Gardner |first3=Hayes |last4=Tobin |first4=Ben |last5=Ladd |first5=Sarah |last6=McLaren |first6=Mandy |last7=Krauth |first7=Olivia |title=LIVE UPDATES: Protesters downtown as 9 p.m. curfew starts, report of officer shot |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/09/23/protesters-say-single-indictment-not-enough-in-breonna-taylor-case/5867127002/ |date=September 23, 2020 |access-date=September 24, 2020 |work=The Courier-Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711093334/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/09/23/protesters-say-single-indictment-not-enough-in-breonna-taylor-case/5867127002/ |url-status=live }} Two reporters from the right-wing website The Daily Caller were arrested and charged with breaking curfew and unlawful assembly.{{cite web|url=https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/09/24/breonna-taylor-protests-daily-caller-reporters-arrested-louisville/3514059001/|title=Daily Caller reporters arrested covering Louisville protests after Breonna Taylor indictment|date=September 24, 2020|access-date=September 24, 2020|work=The Courier-Journal|first=Mary|last=Ramsey|archive-date=May 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506072910/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/09/24/breonna-taylor-protests-daily-caller-reporters-arrested-louisville/3514059001/|url-status=live}} In Buffalo, a pickup truck was driven through a crowd of protesters, striking and injuring one.{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/6530894/|title=Pickup truck drives through protesters in Buffalo, injuring 1 – Video|date=September 24, 2020|access-date=September 24, 2020|publisher=KABC-TV|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924051007/https://abc7.com/6530894/|url-status=live}}

In Seattle, 13 were arrested for charges ranging from failure to disperse, obstruction, property damage, resisting arrest, and assaulting an officer. One officer was struck on the head with a baseball bat cracking his helmet.{{Cite web|title=Slog AM: 13 Seattle Protesters Arrested, Trump Got Booed, Man Dies From Too Much Black Licorice|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/09/24/45156189/slog-am-13-seattle-protesters-arrested-trump-got-booed-man-dies-from-too-much-black-licorice|access-date=December 17, 2020|website=The Stranger|language=en|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125135858/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/09/24/45156189/slog-am-13-seattle-protesters-arrested-trump-got-booed-man-dies-from-too-much-black-licorice|url-status=live}} In the early morning of September 24, a Seattle Police Officer is seen in a video riding his bicycle over the head of a protester lying on the ground. As a result of a Seattle Police Department use of force investigation, an unnamed police officer was placed on administrative leave after rolling both wheels of his bicycle over the head of a protester lying in the street. The incident was referred to the King County Sheriff's Office for a potential criminal investigation.{{cite news|last=Bella|first=Timothy|date=September 25, 2020|title=A Seattle police officer rolled his bike over a protester's head. He's been placed on leave.|newspaper=The Washington Post|department=Morning Mix|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/25/seattle-police-bike-protester-head/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001202441/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/25/seattle-police-bike-protester-head/|archive-date=October 1, 2020}}{{cite press release|date=October 24, 2020|title=Bike Officer Placed on Leave; OPA, Sheriff's Office Conducting Reviews|url=https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2020/09/24/bike-officer-placed-on-leave-opa-sheriffs-office-conducting-reviews/|url-status=live|work=SPD Blotter|type=Press release|publisher=Seattle Police Department|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002010356/https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2020/09/24/bike-officer-placed-on-leave-opa-sheriffs-office-conducting-reviews/|archive-date=October 2, 2020}}

In December, the Seattle Police Department was held in federal contempt by the U.S. District Judge Richard Jones for the "indiscriminate" use of blast balls and pepper spray during 2020 BLM protests. "On Sept. 23, an officer who was several rows back from the front of the police line threw a blast ball into a crowd, then immediately turned around, demonstrating a "clear lack of care for where the blast ball landed.""{{Cite web|last=Yancey-Bragg|first=N'dea|title=Seattle police who fired pepper spray, blast balls on BLM protesters violated order, judge says|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/09/seattle-police-held-contempt-using-blast-balls-blm-protests/6505240002/|access-date=December 17, 2020|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|archive-date=December 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213073622/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/09/seattle-police-held-contempt-using-blast-balls-blm-protests/6505240002/|url-status=live}}

On September 24, Kentucky state representative and former member of the Louisville Metro Council Attica Scott, the only black woman in the Kentucky General Assembly,{{cite news|last=Cummings|first=Darron|title=All protest charges dropped against Kentucky lawmaker|department=Across America|date=November 17, 2020|newspaper=The Philadelphia Tribune|url=https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/all-protest-charges-dropped-against-kentucky-lawmaker/article_652ebbba-2350-515a-923f-4c28e16da541.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201119151637/https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/all-protest-charges-dropped-against-kentucky-lawmaker/article_652ebbba-2350-515a-923f-4c28e16da541.html|archive-date=November 19, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=November 19, 2020}} was arrested in Louisville before the start of the curfew and spent the night in jail. Along with 17 others Scott was charged with felony first-degree rioting, misdemeanor failure to disperse and misdemeanor unlawful assembly. The charge of rioting was dismissed on October 6 and the misdemeanor charges were dropped on November 16.

In Denver, one person was detained for driving into a protester. No injuries were reported.{{Cite web|last=Gstalter|first=Morgan|date=September 24, 2020|title=Protester struck by car in Denver following Breonna Taylor rally|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/517941-protester-struck-by-car-in-denver-following-breonna-taylor-rally|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=TheHill|language=en|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925092506/https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/517941-protester-struck-by-car-in-denver-following-breonna-taylor-rally|url-status=live}}

On September 27, a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with Breonna Taylor occurred at Riverside Park in Wichita, Kansas.{{Cite web|last=Rolfe|first=Felicia|title=Peaceful demonstration held for Breonna Taylor in Riverside Park|url=https://www.kwch.com/2020/09/27/peaceful-demonstration-held-for-breonna-taylor-in-riverside-park/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007052602/https://www.kwch.com/2020/09/27/peaceful-demonstration-held-for-breonna-taylor-in-riverside-park/|archive-date=October 7, 2020|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=KWCH12|date=September 27, 2020 |language=en}}

= December 2020 =

On December 3, 2020, the founder of the NFAC, a Black separatism movement, John "Grandmaster Jay" Johnson, was indicted on charges of allegedly pointing his rifle at Police Officers. He is being investigated by the F.B.I.{{Cite web|last=Kobin|first=Billy|title=NFAC leader 'Grandmaster Jay' indicted on federal charges linked to Breonna Taylor protest|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2021/02/25/nfac-leader-john-grandmaster-jay-johnson-indicted-louisville-case/6814604002/|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=May 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506072914/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2021/02/25/nfac-leader-john-grandmaster-jay-johnson-indicted-louisville-case/6814604002/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|author=Amir Vera and Rebekah Riess|title=Founder of all-Black armed activist group faces federal charge after FBI says he aimed a rifle at officers|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/04/us/nfac-john-fitzgerald-johnson-grand-master-jay-arrest/index.html|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=CNN|date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511064251/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/04/us/nfac-john-fitzgerald-johnson-grand-master-jay-arrest/index.html|url-status=live}}

= March 2021 =

On and around the anniversary of the killing, hundreds of people gathered for protests and civil unrest in cities across the United States including Louisville, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Grand Rapids, Portland, New York, Washington, D.C., and Seattle.{{Cite web|last=Satterfield|first=Kolbie|date=March 13, 2021|title='It sparked not just a moment, but a continued movement' {{!}} D.C. community mourns Breonna Taylor's death 365 days later|url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dc-community-mourns-breonna-taylors-death-365-days-later/65-294ab055-b4bb-4c4b-ba5b-f304aed7a571|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=wusa9.com|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316040459/https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dc-community-mourns-breonna-taylors-death-365-days-later/65-294ab055-b4bb-4c4b-ba5b-f304aed7a571 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Frazier|first=Charise|date=March 14, 2021|title='We Still Fighting': Photos Of Protests Marking 1-Year Anniversary Of Breonna Taylor's Death|url=https://newsone.com/playlist/protests-breonna-taylor-1-year-anniversary/|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=NewsOne|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418002758/https://newsone.com/playlist/protests-breonna-taylor-1-year-anniversary/ |archive-date=April 18, 2021 }}{{Cite news|last1=Kovatch|first1=Breanne|last2=Sennott|first2=Adam|date=March 13, 2021|title=Arlington protesters mark the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor's death|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/14/metro/arlington-protesters-mark-one-year-anniversary-breonna-taylors-death/|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|work=The Boston Globe|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314004834/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/14/metro/arlington-protesters-mark-one-year-anniversary-breonna-taylors-death/ |archive-date=March 14, 2021 }}{{Cite news|date=March 14, 2021|title=Breonna Taylor: Protest marks anniversary of police killing|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56387446|access-date=March 15, 2021|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314184535/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56387446|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=A year after her death, protesters take to the streets to demand justice for Breonna Taylor|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/year-death-protesters-streets-demand-justice-breonna-taylor/story?id=76448418|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315004744/https://abcnews.go.com/US/year-death-protesters-streets-demand-justice-breonna-taylor/story?id=76448418|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Stimson|first=Brie|date=March 14, 2021|title=West Coast cities erupt in violence on Breonna Taylor anniversary|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/west-coast-cities-erupt-in-violence-on-breonna-taylor-anniversary|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en-US|archive-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315024540/https://www.foxnews.com/us/west-coast-cities-erupt-in-violence-on-breonna-taylor-anniversary|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Booker|first=Brakkton|date=March 13, 2021|title=A Year After Breonna Taylor's Killing, Family Says There's 'No Accountability'|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/973983947/a-year-after-breonna-taylors-killing-family-says-theres-no-accountability|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=NPR.org|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313145649/https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/973983947/a-year-after-breonna-taylors-killing-family-says-theres-no-accountability |archive-date=March 13, 2021 }}{{Cite web|date=March 14, 2021|title=Portland Demonstrators Release Lanterns in Honor of Breonna Taylor|url=https://news.yahoo.com/portland-demonstrators-release-lanterns-honor-101319064.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=news.yahoo.com|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316043141/https://news.yahoo.com/portland-demonstrators-release-lanterns-honor-101319064.html |archive-date=March 16, 2021 }} Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said that three officers received minor injuries, nine businesses were vandalized and 11 protesters were arrested.{{Cite web|title=3 Officers Injured, 10 Arrested as Breonna Taylor Protests Turn Violent in LA|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/3-lapd-officers-injured-breonna-taylor-protests-in-la/2549698/|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=NBC Los Angeles|date=March 14, 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314230810/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/3-lapd-officers-injured-breonna-taylor-protests-in-la/2549698/|url-status=live}}

Kentucky Republicans work to pass the controversial 'Kentucky Senate Bill 211', which would make it a misdemeanor to insult Kentucky Police Officers, thus being punishable by up to 90 days in jail. It has been criticized as an infringement on free speech, and as a form of suppression of protesters for Police Accountability. The bill is currently on hold until 2022 and until further notice.{{Cite web|title=Kentucky bill would make it a crime to insult a police officer|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-bill-insult-police-officer-crime/|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=cbsnews.com|date=March 5, 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318011833/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-bill-insult-police-officer-crime/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Cagnassola|first=Mary Ellen|date=March 23, 2021|title=Kentucky bill prompted by Breonna Taylor protests on hold until 2022|url=https://www.newsweek.com/kentucky-bill-prompted-breonna-taylor-protests-hold-until-2022-1577926|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=Newsweek|language=en|archive-date=March 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326070106/https://www.newsweek.com/kentucky-bill-prompted-breonna-taylor-protests-hold-until-2022-1577926|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Kentucky Republican defends controversial bill that outlaws insulting police|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kentucky-republican-defends-controversial-bill-that-outlaws-insulting-police/ar-BB1eTbUv|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=msn.com|archive-date=March 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325052145/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kentucky-republican-defends-controversial-bill-that-outlaws-insulting-police/ar-BB1eTbUv|url-status=live}}