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ADDS ID OF MAN PRAYING - John Kriner, of Jeffersonville, Ind., prays at Jefferson Square Park on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Louisville, Ky., which has been the site of weeks of protests. Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night at the park in downtown Louisville where demonstrators had gathered to protest the death of Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

Louisville protest shooting victim remembered for kindness

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A woman holds up a sign during a rally in memory of Breonna Taylor on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, June 25, 2020. The rally was held to demand justice in the death of Taylor who was killed in her apartment by members of the Louisville Metro Police Department on March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Breonna Taylor protest shooting in Louisville leaves one dead

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ADDS ID OF MAN PRAYING - John Kriner, of Jeffersonville, Ind., prays at Jefferson Square Park on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Louisville, Ky., which has been the site of weeks of protests. Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night at the park in downtown Louisville where demonstrators had gathered to protest the death of Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

Suspect in killing at Louisville protest in custody

By DYLAN LOVAN and JOHN RABY - Associated Press

FILE-In this Tuesday, June 23, 2020 file photo, poll workers instruct a voter on where to go to fill out their ballot during the Kentucky primary at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. There was only one polling place open on election day this week in Louisville, Kentucky, and voting went relatively smoothly compared to other recent primaries amid the global pandemic. Does that mean other cities should consider the same in November? (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Advocates, experts warn against polling place reductions

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN and BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

1 fatally shot at Breonna Taylor protest park in Kentucky

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A man holds a photograph of Breonna Taylor on her birthday as he kneels with other protesters on Atlantic Avenue during a solidarity rally for George Floyd on Atlantic Avenue, Friday, June 5, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Taylor, a black woman, was fatally shot by police in her home in March and Floyd, a black man, died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Impatience grows for cops’ arrests in Breonna Taylor’s death

By Dylan Lovan - Associated Press

Voting stations are set up for the primary election at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. With one polling place designated for Louisville on Tuesday, voters who didn’t cast mail-in ballots could potentially face long lines in Kentucky’s unprecedented primary election. (AP Photo/Piper Blackburn)

1 city, 1 voting place: Kentucky braces for lines in primary

By BRUCE SCHREINER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press

In this March 25, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. gives a thumbs-up as he leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

2 Republicans opposed by Donald Trump win in Kentucky, North Carolina

By Christina A. Cassidy, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Alan Fram - Associated Press

Voting stations are set up for the primary election at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. With one polling place designated for Louisville on Tuesday, voters who didn’t cast mail-in ballots could potentially face long lines in Kentucky’s unprecedented primary election. (AP Photo/Piper Blackburn)

1 city, 1 voting place: Kentucky braces for lines in primary

By BRUCE SCHREINER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press

HOLD FOR STORY- In this June 17, 2020 photo U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker shakes hands with protestors in Louisville, KY. Booker is running against Amy Grath for the senate democratic nomination. (Alton Strupp/Louisville Courier Journal via AP)

Police protests upend Democratic Senate contest in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER AND LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo, Kevin Peterson, center, founder and executive director of the New Democracy Coalition, displays a placard showing Breonna Taylor as he addresses a rally in Boston. Louisville's mayor says one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Taylor will be fired, Friday, June 19, 2020. Taylor was gunned down by officers who burst into her Louisville home using a no-knock warrant. She was shot eight times by officers conducting a narcotics investigation. No drugs were found at her home. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired

By REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER and BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019 file photo, Kentucky Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron makes his victory speech to the audience gathered at the Republican party celebration event in Louisville, Ky. Kentucky's attorney general asked for patience Thursday, June 18, 2020, as his office investigates the shooting death of a black woman by Louisville police and decides whether the police officers involved will face criminal charges. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Kentucky AG urges patience amid probe of Taylor’s death

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Have black restaurants been left out of food conversation?

By BAILEY LOOSEMORE and The Courier Journal - Associated Press

A person holds a sign Friday, June 5, 2020, that mentions Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed by Kentucky police on March 13, during a protest Friday, June 5, 2020, in Tacoma, Wash., against police brutality. Taylor would have turned 27-years-old on Friday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Louisville bans ‘no-knocks’ after Breonna Taylor’s death

By DYLAN LOVAN - Associated Press

Will Pitts discusses on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, a recent police shooting in Louisville, Ky. Pitts said he witnessed the shooting and is standing near the door where David McAtee was shot by officers. McAtee was shot after police arrived to disperse a crowd gathering near his business. Police said a video showed that David McAtee fired his gun as officers approached the business firing pepper balls to clear the lot. (AP Photo/Claire Galofaro)

Investigators: Barbecue cook killed by National Guard rifle

By DYLAN LOVAN and BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Will Pitts discusses on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, a recent police shooting in Louisville, Ky. Pitts said he witnessed the shooting and is standing near the door where David McAtee was shot by officers. McAtee was shot after police arrived to disperse a crowd gathering near his business. Police said a video showed that David McAtee fired his gun as officers approached the business firing pepper balls to clear the lot. (AP Photo/Claire Galofaro)

Kentucky police shooting video raises questions on tactics

By Dylan Lovan and Rebecca Reynolds Yonker - Associated Press

Tracey Cox VanDyke prays Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Louisville, Ky., near the intersection where David McAtee was killed Sunday evening. Louisville police say video obtained from security cameras at McAtee’s business and an adjoining business show that McAtee fired a gun as police and National Guard soldiers were enforcing a curfew approached his business. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Family of man killed by police amid protests demands answers

By BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO - Associated Press

Kelly Bundy participates in a protest over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Bundy of Louisville says most protesters are like her, peaceful people called to duty by experiences of racism and police aggression. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

One face in the crowd: A protester haunted by the dead

By CLAIRE GALOFARO - Associated Press

In this Thursday, May 28, 2020 photo, protesters rallying against police brutality surround a Louisville Metro Police Department officer in front of Bearno's restaurant, in Louisville, Ky. The protest organizers surrounded the officer and joined arms to make sure that the crowd did not touch him. The protesters were demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed in her home in Louisville in March. (Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal via AP)

Police: Video shows man killed in Kentucky fired a gun

By BRUCE SCHREINER and REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER - Associated Press

Police and Kentucky National Guard troops chase protesters as they flee toward a fence Sunday, May 31, 2020, in a parking lot at the corner of East Broadway and South Brook Street in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. (Max Gersh/The Courier Journal via AP)

Protests, Louisville police chief fired after fatal shooting

By BRUCE SCHREINER and SOPHIA TULP - Associated Press