On Wednesday, a grand jury chose not to charge the officers involved in the raid for the shooting death of Louisville resident Breonna Taylor, instead indicting one officer on three counts of “wanton endangerment in the first degree” for firing his service weapon “blindly through a door and window in Taylor’s building.” In response, Ohio State Prez Dr. Kristina M. Johnson posted a video statement on Twitter denouncing the decision. “This does not feel like justice,” wrote Johnson, citing a “breakdown in the justice system.” She added, “This isn’t going to stop until we create an anti-racist world.”
“Breonna Taylor deserves justice. This does not feel like justice,” said Johnson. “We cannot accept what has happened in Louisville. We grieve the tragic and senseless loss of Breonna Taylor, a daughter, a friend, a niece, a loved one who was unarmed and asleep. The breakdown in the justice system and the killings of unarmed black and brown people in our country has become all too familiar tragically. This isn’t going to stop until we create an anti-racist world. We must come together to draw strength from each other and advance our collective vision for a better world where we’ll one day have justice for all. There is much work to be done.”
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