A state prosecutor advisory council says it lacks legal authority to grant such a request
Back in October, Breonna Taylor‘s mother, Tamika Palmer, requested to have a new prosecutor assigned to oversee the case of her daughter’s death by police in Louisville, Kentucky.
That request was denied Friday by Kentucky’s Prosecutors Advisory Council, and many in the community are not happy about it, according to CBS News.
Palmer filed an application with the council after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron stated that officers who opened fire into Taylor’s home during a no-knock warrant would not be charged for her murder, as reported by The Washington Post.
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Of the four officers involved, only one, Brett Hankison, was charged. He received a count of wanton endangerment since one of his bullets hit the apartment that neighbors Taylor’s unit.
During a zoom meeting, the Kentucky Prosecutors Advisory Council voted not to allow a new prosecutor to be assigned to Taylor’s case. The meeting included over 200 members of the public.
Once the council, citing legal limits, voted unanimously to approve the decision to not appoint a special prosecutor, members of the public unmuted their microphones to voice their displeasure with the decision.
Source: Kentucky council denies Breonna Taylor mother’s request for special prosecutor
