Breonna Taylor's mother said she still feels “anger” about “the way this whole thing happened, anger that it was so avoidable, and anger that she lost her life for it.”
The third-degree murder charge will be tacked on to second-degree murder and manslaughter charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the May 2020 death of George Floyd, which triggered large-scale protests for racial justice.
Judge Peter Cahill said he does not have jurisdiction to rule on whether the third-degree murder charge should be reinstated against the former officer while the issue is being appealed.
“I want this man incarcerated for as long as we possibly can. I want him to get the max---because whatever happens to him, he’s still gonna breathe. He’s still gonna be breathing. But my brother can’t," LaTonya Floyd said of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of murdering her brother.