Fired Louisville, Kentucky police officer, Brett Hankison indicted for wanton endangerment, but not for her death
On the night of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, as protestors were still marching in Louisville following the grand jury indictment of fired Louisville police officer, Brett Hankison, Wikipedia contributors were at work authoring the “Shooting of Breonna Taylor” article.
I, like many others, wanted to be informed and knowledgeable both of the events surrounding the shooting, as well as the outcome. So to learn more, I turned to Wikipedia for details.
Expressing a sentiment many others are surely feeling, this Wikipedia contributor stated, “The prosecutor was not allowed to indict the officers for deadly force due to the law requiring cops to use deadly force against black people.” By morning, the statement had been removed from the article. Fortunately, I had captured this screenshot.
Hankison was indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree for firing blindly into Breonna’s apartment and endangering others in the neighboring apartments. He was not, however, indicted on charges for her death.
Wikipedia contributors, “Shooting of Breonna Taylor,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shooting_of_Breonna_Taylor&oldid=984494372 (accessed September 23, 2020).
