Only One Officer Indicted In Connection To Breonna Taylor's Case

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Only One Officer Indicted In Connection To Breonna Taylor's Case

On Wednesday, a grand jury in Jefferson County, Kentucky brought back charges against only one of the Louisville Metro Police officers involved in the botched raid that resulted in Breonna […]

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