Breonna Taylor grand jurors: Officers deserved more charges

LOUISVILLE, KY. » A Kentucky man who served on the Breonna Taylor grand jury said he felt police actions on the night of her death were “criminal” but grand jurors were not given the chance to explore charges related to her shooting death by officers.

Two grand jurors, one a white man and the other an African American man, have spoken out about the grand jury proceedings through statements but have remained anonymous.

Both men told CBS “This Morning” in an interview Wednesday that many members of the grand jury were upset over statements by Kentucky’s attorney general that the grand jury “agreed” that the homicide charges against the officers were not on the table because the Louisville police officers were justified in returning fire at Taylor’s apartment.

Taylor, a Black emergency medical worker, was shot five times by white officers on March 13. Taylor’s boyfriend, fearing an intruder, told investigators he fired one shot from a handgun after police entered Taylor’s apartment to serve a narcotics warrant. No drugs or cash were found at her home.

When asked what he felt about the police actions on the night of the raid, grand juror #2, who is Black, said “they were criminal.” Grand juror #1 said police were “negligent.”