New video footage has surfaced online moments after police shot and killed Breonna Taylor in her home.
Taylor’s sister, Juniyah Palmer shared the video on social media and it shows more than a dozen police officers standing outside of Taylor’s apartment with their guns drawn. The video also shows, the officers yelling at Kenneth Walker, Taylor’s boyfriend, as he walks backward with his hands on his head.
Walker was arrested and charged with attempted murder for firing a bullet at a police officer. Walker, who spent two weeks in jail and two months on house arrest stated that he thought his house was being robbed and shot in self-defense. The charges against him were eventually dropped.
Take a look at the videos below.
Breaking: Breonna Taylor’s sister, Juniyah, just shared a video taken by a neighbor on the night her sister was killed. The video shows what happened just after the gunfire. It shows about a dozen officers with guns drawn
Here’s the first part pic.twitter.com/SBUDyv8M6a
— Roberto Aram Ferdman (@robferdman) July 9, 2020
Here’s the second part
You can hear the officers screaming at Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker as he walks out backwards, clearly complying as more officers run up to position themselves with guns pic.twitter.com/n3YEPbKa6e
— Roberto Aram Ferdman (@robferdman) July 9, 2020
Since Taylor’s death, one of the officers, Brett Hankison was fired by the department last month. It has been reported that he fired more than ten shots. Three other officers were put on administrative leave.
