Breonna Taylor’s sister, mother removed from former LMPD officer’s trial
“I cried because it hurt my feelings because why can’t I wear this, I am not hurting anybody by voice my opinion on my shirt,” Palmer added on the post. Palmer says that Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, was escorted out of the courtroom on the second day of the trial for wearing a jacket with her daughter’s image.
Taylor’s face on the front and back, with a prominent ‘B’ along the chest, and the date of Taylor’s death along the sleeve.
“The relevant ‘dress code’ for spectators in the courtroom is that no one should wear any attire or display any object that is so inherently prejudicial that it would deprive the defendant of a fair trial,” Bob McClure, staff attorney for Judge Ann Bailey Smith, told WHAS11 in an statement. McClure says this is normal for any trial involving a jury, and judges usually rely on Deputy Sheriffs to monitor the courtroom and enforce the rule.
He says Taylor’s family members have been allowed to come back to the courtroom to watch the trial.
Hankison is one of three officers who fired shots the night of a no-knock raid in March 2020 that resulted in the death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor.
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