PHOTO: Awaiting justice?

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March 14, 2021

PHOTO: Awaiting justice?

KENTUCKY, United States — A protestor brandishes a portrait of Breonna Taylor during a rally in remembrance on the one year anniversary of her death in Louisville, Kentucky on March 13, 2021.

Twelve months after the killing — in which police shot Taylor while looking for a former friend of hers — only one of three police officers has been charged, and only for endangering Taylor’s neighbours by firing wildly. (Photo: AFP)

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