Anger follows ‘offensive’ lack of charges for police officers who killed Breonna Taylor

'It does not deal with the fact that the life of Breonna Taylor was taken,” said civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton

Activists and racial justice campaigners reacted with anger on Wednesday after a grand jury revealed that only one police officer involved in the killing ofFollowing months of protests over the killing of the 26-year-old medical technician inside her home, officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment — a felony charge which fell far short of what campaigners had hoped for.

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