肯塔基州路易斯维尔。——周日下午，路易斯维尔市中心的一个广场被蓝色和银色的气球吞没，当时布里翁纳·泰勒的家人与示威者和组织者一起，聚集在一起纪念这位黑人妇女在一次拙劣的警察突袭中丧生两周年。

泰勒的母亲塔米卡·帕尔默站在由绘画、海报和鲜花组成的纪念碑的中央。她仰望天空，放飞了最后一个气球，人群呼喊着泰勒的名字。

追悼会举行的几周前，参与突袭的肯塔基州警察之一布雷特·汉克森(Brett Hankison)被判无罪，他被指控在向泰勒公寓开枪的那晚危及邻居的安全。

他的无罪释放很可能关闭了对任何参与突袭的官员进行州刑事指控的可能性。没有一名涉案官员被指控与泰勒的死亡有关。

26岁的黑人女性泰勒是一名急救医疗技术人员，她在袭击中被多次击中。在她的公寓里没有发现毒品，搜查令后来被发现有缺陷。

肯塔基司法部长丹尼尔·卡梅伦认定，在泰勒的男朋友闯入她的公寓首先向他们开枪后，警察出于自卫向她的公寓开枪。共和党人卡梅伦承认泰勒的死令人心碎，但没有给大陪审团选择指控任何人杀害她的权利。

泰勒的死在2020年夏天刺激了大规模的种族不公正抗议，以及艾哈迈德·阿贝里和乔治·弗洛伊德的死亡。在她的家乡路易斯维尔，抗议活动持续了数周，许多人在市中心的杰斐逊广场公园集会，表达他们对没有警察受到指控的沮丧和失望。

周日，泰勒的姑姑比安卡·奥斯汀(Bianca Austin)在舞台上紧握麦克风，严厉谴责了汉克森的判决，坚称路易斯维尔市警察局对泰勒的家人或该市的黑人居民不够透明。

“肯塔基辜负了布莱娜·泰勒。肯塔基辜负了我们的社区，”奥斯汀对聚集在广场上的抗议者说。她穿着一件饰有她侄女肖像的白色t恤，指着路易斯维尔市警察局大楼的方向。

“我们要求真相，我们要求透明，”她补充道。“我们将继续要求答案，我们将继续向路易斯维尔市警察局施压，他们继续让我们和我们的社区失望。”

民主党众议员凯图拉赫伦敦促示威者投票罢免签署突袭搜查令的杰弗逊巡回法官玛丽·肖。肖将在2022年竞选连任。

“我们有机会在这个选举季节通过投票箱以不同的方式获得正义，”Herron解释说。

肯塔基州州长安迪·贝希尔是一名民主党人，他在推特上发表声明支持泰勒的家人，包括她的母亲。

“今天想着塔米卡·帕尔默，让她和所有哀悼布里奥纳·泰勒不幸去世的人一起祈祷，”他说。“让我们继续努力，建设一个充满爱和同情的更安全、更公正和公平的世界。”

正在进行的联邦调查范围可能很广，被许多人视为为泰勒之死讨回公道的最后机会。

Breonna Taylor’s family, supporters sustain push for justice

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A square in downtown Louisville was engulfed with blue and silver balloons Sunday afternoon, as Breonna Taylor’s family, joined by demonstrators and organizers, gathered to honor the two-year anniversary of the Black woman’s passing in a botched police raid.

Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, stood at the center of a memorial made up of paintings, posters and flowers. Staring up at the sky, she let go of the last balloon as a crowd cried out Taylor’s name.

The memorial took place a couple weeks after one of the Kentucky police officers involved in the raid, Brett Hankison, was found not guilty on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Taylor’s apartment.

His acquittal likely closed the door on the possibility of state criminal charges against any of the officers involved in the raid. None of the officers involved were charged with Taylor’s death.

Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who worked as an emergency medical technician, was shot multiple times during the raid. No drugs were found in her apartment, and the warrant was later found to be flawed.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron determined that the officers fired into her apartmen t in self-defense after Taylor’s boyfriend shot at them first as they broke into her apartment. Cameron, a Republican, acknowledged that Taylor’s death was heartbreaking but did not give a grand jury the option of charging anyone with killing her.

Taylor’s death helped spur massive racial injustice protests in the summer of 2020, along with the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. In her hometown of Louisville, protests carried on for weeks, with many meeting in the city's downtown Jefferson Square Park to voice their frustration and disappointment that no officers were charged.

Clutching a microphone onstage Sunday, Taylor’s aunt, Bianca Austin, sharply condemned the Hankison verdict, insisting that the Louisville Metro Police Department has not been transparent with Taylor’s family or the city’s Black residents.

“Kentucky has failed Breonna Taylor. Kentucky has failed our community,” Austin said to protestors gathered in the square. Wearing a white t-shirt decorated with a portrait of her niece, she pointed in the direction of the Louisville Metro Police Department buildings.

“We demand the truth, we demand transparency,” she added. “We are going to continue to demand answers and we’re gonna continue to keep pressure on the Louisville Metro Police Department, who continues to fail us and our community.”

Democratic state Rep. Keturah Herron urged the demonstrators to vote out Jefferson Circuit Judge Mary Shaw, who signed the warrant for the raid. Shaw is up for reelection in 2022.

“We have an opportunity to get justice in a different type of way by going to the ballot box this election season,” Herron explained.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, tweeted a statement in support of Taylor’s family, including her mother.

“Thinking about Tamika Palmer today and holding her and all of those mourning the tragic loss of Breonna Taylor close in prayer,” he said. “Let us continue to work to build a safer, more just and equitable world full of love and compassion.”

An ongoing federal investigation could be wide ranging and is regarded by many as the last chance for justice for Taylor’s death.

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