Family Of Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake Arrested At Jayland Walker Protests

Two members of the family of Black other people shot via cops had been arrested after protesting the police killing of Jayland Walker, in Akron, Ohio.

Bianca Austin, aunt of Breonna Taylor, and Jacob Blake, father of Jacob Blake, are dealing with various fees associated with the protests, together with disorderly behavior, failure to disperse and rebellion, WKYC-TV reported.

In March 2020, plainclothes police officers knocked and entered Taylor’s condo in Louisville, Kentucky, then shot and killed her. Blake was once shot via a Kenosha, Wisconsin officer and paralyzed from the waist down in August 2020.

On June 30, Walker, 25, allegedly fled from police following a site visitors prevent and was once wounded when 8 officials shot him. Post-mortem experiences later confirmed he suffered over 60 gunshot wounds.

8 officials had been put on paid administrative go away. The dying is lately underneath investigation.

Ohio Legal professional Normal Dave Yost launched a commentary on Wednesday that stated the investigation can be “function, skilled and unbiased,” WKYC-TV reported.

“There are lots of questions on what came about,” Yost added. “Was once the drive essential? What led police to shoot a tender guy such a lot of occasions? What will have been finished to stop this within the first position?”