Breonna Taylor shooting: Crowds march in Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus in response to decision

DAYTON — UPDATED @ 10:05 p.m.: The grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor shooting prompted crowds in Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus in support of people protesting in Louisville, where two police officers were shot.

People in Dayton gathered at Courthouse Square, where they heard statements offered in reaction to the case. To Dayton’s north and south, people also gathered in downtown Columbus and Cincinnati to express their feelings about the decision.

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Wednesday afternoon, a Jefferson County grand jury in Louisville, Kentuck,y indicted a former Louisville police detective involved in the March 13 shooting death of Taylor, 26.

Detective Brett Hankison, who was fired from the police department in June, was charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment for shooting into Taylor’s apartment from outside, endangering the lives of three people in the apartment next door. The grand jury determined that two other officers, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove, were justified in the shooting.

Wednesday evening, the group in Dayton, after sitting quietly as statements were made, marched in silence through downtown until they returned to the square, News Center 7′s Sean Cudahy reported:

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The Dayton march ended about 8:30 p.m. The gathering began about 7 p.m.

In Columbus, a group of protesters gathered at South High Street and East Broad Street about 7 p.m. to march through downtown, our news partner WBNS-TV (10tv.com) reported.

In Cincinnati, about 100 people rallied outside the Hamilton County Courthouse in downtown Cincinnati following the decision, another of our news partners, WCPO.com, reported.

Protester Steven Walls said he and dozens of others came out to show solidarity amid calls for racial justice.

“We know the way things are going right now. It’s not working. We should work to change something about it,” Walls said.

Protesters in Cincinnati had dispersed by 8 p.m. after groups marched down Main Street, near Court Street.

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