Donovan Mitchell 'Hurting' After Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Decision

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has responded to a Kentucky grand jury's decision to not charge any of the three police officers for their roles in the killing of Breonna Taylor. 

Mitchell wrote on Twitter that he's "hurting" and said "justice needed to be served":

Per Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Dylan Lovan of the Associated Press (h/t The Boston Globe), the grand jury only charged Louisville police officer Brett Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment "for shooting into a home next to Taylor's that had people in it."

Mitchell tweeted immediately after the grand jury decision that he didn't "have many words right now.... but all I can say is I'm praying for the city of Louisville right now!!!"

Three Louisville police officers—Hankison, Jonathan Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove—killed Taylor on March 13 when they fired more than 20 shots into the bedroom of her apartment while executing a no-knock warrant in connection to her ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover.

Kenneth Walker, Taylor's boyfriend, called 911 thinking their apartment was being invaded.

"Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend," Walker told the 911 dispatcher, per Lovan.

Hankison, Mattingly and Cosgrove were placed on administrative reassignment in May. Hankison was subsequently fired by the Louisville police department in June for his role in Taylor's death. He is appealing that decision.

Mitchell was among several athletes who voiced their anger and disappointment at the grand jury decision. The 24-year-old played college basketball at the University of Louisville from 2015 to 2017.