LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Protests erupted in Louisville and other demonstrations were planned in cities across the country in response to a Kentucky grand jury’s decision to not indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor’s death.A crowd in downtown Louisville began marching through the streets and chanting, “No justice, no peace!” after a grand jury announced that it had indicted only one former Louisville officer, Brett Hankison, on three counts of wanton endangerment.
The charges stem from Hankison’s firing shots into Taylor’s neighbors’ homes. Each count carries a sentence of up to five years.RELATED: Breonna Taylor: Timeline of events in caseHours after the announcement, police ordered the crowd in downtown.