'Sleeping While Black'; Louisville Police Kill Unarmed Black Woman

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'You can't walk while black. With Ahmaud, you can't jog while black,' said attorney Ben Crump. 'But Breonna Taylor was sleeping while black in the sanctity of her own home.'

On Wednesday, he called Taylor's death an execution.

"Breonna Taylor was shot at least eight times by the officers' gunfire and died as a result. Breonna had posed no threat to the officers and did nothing to deserve to die at their hands," reads the complaint, which was filed by Aguiar and Baker.Jessie Halladay, a spokeswoman for LMPD, said in an email that an internal investigation into the case is ongoing and declined to comment further.

They were placed on administrative reassignment while under investigation. No one has been charged in Taylor's death. There is no footage of the incident. Police say the officers in this unit don't wear body cameras.

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