Breonna Taylor decision: Alicia Keys 'infuriated,' Chris Rock and more stars share reactions

Celebrities are speaking out following a grand jury's decision regarding the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

On Wednesday, Brett Hankison, a former Louisville, Kentucky, police detective, was indicted on felony charges of wanton endangerment for shooting into an apartment next door to Taylor. The two other officers involved in the shooting, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove, were justified in their use of force, state Attorney General Daniel Cameron said at a news conference.

Viola Davis wrote on Twitter that the grand jury only indicting one of the officers, and on a lesser charge, was a "bulls--- decision."

"BLACK LIVES MATTER!!!" the actress continued. "Cannot be said enough times.”

Oprah Winfrey tweeted that she is thinking of Taylor's mother during this time.

"Her mother’s child," she wrote. "My heart goes out to Tamika Palmer, who has to be reminded, again and again, that her 'baby won’t be coming through that door.' "

Kerry Washington criticized the Kentucky AG and emphasized the importance of voting.

“Daniel Cameron is on Donald Trump’s short list as replacement of #RGB on the Supreme Court," she wrote on Twitter. "The same man who decided to not charge the officers responsible for killing #BreonnaTaylor. Vote.”

In a video message, Stevie Wonder said: “No amount of money has ever brought a life back. Ask yourself ‘Why so long for Breonna Taylor?’”

Chris Rock opened up about his reaction to the decision in an interview with "Good Morning America."

"Of course I'm upset about the Breonna Taylor verdict," he said. "It seems that not only should the cops have been charged, but it seems like the whole chain of command should have been reprimanded for such a heinous act. A woman's life was lost for absolutely nothing."

Busta Rhymes tweeted that "accountability needs to occur in a new way," pleading for the "error" in Cameron's announcement to be corrected.

"It’s like it has taken on new heights with how much it is being put in our face and shoved down our throats with no proper accountability," he added. "There will be a time when that accountability will come back a thousand times fold and I long for that day to come anxiously."

Alicia Keys tweeted that the news was infuriating.

“This is is a PRIME example of Rotten to the CORE!!!" she wrote. "UnJust!!!! Disrespectful and BLATANT DISREGARD!!!! Infuriated!!!!!!!”

In an interview with the Associated Press, Queen Latifah said that it was a "very complicated situation."

"But it ain’t right and enough already," she continued. "Enough already. It’s time for some people to go to jail.”

Latifah also told the AP that everyone should register to vote.

“Vote early, go hard, we got to go hard," she added. "This is not a year to take it easy, because no one has taken it easy on us, you know. And there’s no reason that young woman should not be walking around today; there’s no reason her mom should be burying her child.”

Oprah Winfrey is demanding justice for Breonna Taylor with 26 billboards in Louisville

Rapper Common tweeted clips of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin speaking about racism in America following the news of Taylor's case.

Tamron Hall addressed the Taylor decision on her show Thursday.

"Like so many of you watching right now, I had a sleepless night to be honest with you," Hall said before sharing a short clip of her June interview with Taylor's mother. "Heartbroken that an innocent woman could be killed unarmed in her own bed and so many of us are left asking ‘how is this possible?"

Comedian W. Kamau Bell also decried the decision on Twitter, saying that it showed that "property is worth more than a Black woman."

"Brett Hankison is indicted for shooting into the apartment NEXT to Breonna Taylor & not for KILLING HER," he wrote. "He's fired for shooting into BREONNA TAYLOR'S apartment & not for KILLING HER. This is systemic racism."

Kentucky native George Clooney slammed the decision in a statement to USA TODAY, saying the indictment does not reflect his values.

"I was born and raised in Kentucky," he said. "Cut tobacco on the farms of Kentucky. Both my parents and my sister live in Kentucky. I own a home in Kentucky, and I was there last month. The justice system I was raised to believe in holds people responsible for their actions."

He continued: "Her name was Breonna Taylor and she was shot to death in her bed by 3 white police officers, who will not be charged with any crime for her death. I know the community. I know the commonwealth. And I was taught in the schools and churches of Kentucky what is right and what is wrong. I’m ashamed of this decision." 

Demi Lovato wrote on Instagram that "we are still demanding justice" for Taylor and Emmett Till, a teenager whose lynching in 1955 helped catalyze the civil rights movement.

"We will not stop fighting for you," she continued. "I’m sick at what has transpired today. I was at a complete loss of words when I saw the breaking headlines today. We cannot continue this way. WAKE UP!"

Mike McCready of Pearl Jam said in a statement on his band's Twitter that the decision was "egregious and lacking in justice."

"This charge does not value her life and continues to validate the broken system that does not support those most in need, especially communities of color," he added.

Though McCready wrote that he does not agree with violent protests, he added that "deciding what is an appropriate way for communities of color to react is not my place or the place of any other white person."

"What I believe my job as a white man is, is to be an ally to communities of color, work at being antiracist, and listen to help effect change for communities most in need."

Christian hip hop artist Lecrae tweeted the news was "all kind of numbing.

"On one hand it’s like I KNOW I’m not crazy there’s a real problem in our country. On the other I’m sad that everyone doesn’t see it and some don’t want to," he added. "Of course I know God is at work. It’s just tough to process it all."

Writer-director Aaron Sorkin said in an interview with the AP that he expects the decision to provoke outrage.

"Of course people are going to get on the street and they’re going to show you their pain, they’re going to show you their anger," he said. "And you have to meet that by listening. You cannot meet that by pushing back with what are essentially baseball bats and poison that you’re spraying in people’s eyes and noses. But that is what will happen."

Contributing: Louisville Courier Journal and the Associated Press

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