Two years after Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police, her mother met with Department of Justice officials, urging federal charges against the officers.
in her Louisville, Kentucky home, her mother met with officials at the Department of Justice, urging federal charges against the officers involved in her daughter's death.
Attorney Ben Crump, who represents Taylor's family, told ABC News that the meeting at the DOJ lasted for 45 minutes and officials said that they were conducting a"thorough investigation." Following the press conference, which took place outside the National Council of Negro Women in Washington, D.C., the family, joined by advocates and leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement, walked to the DOJ to hand-deliver 18,000 signatures from people, calling for the officers to be held accountable.
following the Feb. 2 fatal shooting of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who was killed during a raid by Minneapolis police officers. Taylor's killing gained national attention and sparked nationwide"Black Lives Matter" protests in the summer of 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minnesota, who died after an officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
But none of the officers were charged for their involvement in Taylor's death - a decision that sparked widespread backlash from social justice advocates.in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in October 2020 that the officers who opened fire were"justified" because they"returned fire after having been fired upon."