For each of the past two nights, large protests have broken out on the streets of downtown Louisville, Kentucky , much as they have in cities across the country after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, a Black man , on Monday.

In Louisville, the focus is another police killing. Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Kentuckys largest city to denounce the killing of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT whom police fatally shot inside her home in March.

Unlike many of the other high-profile deaths of Black men and women at the hands of police that have generated similar protests, Taylors was not caught on film. But video isnt necessary to understand the gruesome and unnecessary nature of her death. Early on the morning of March 13, police executed a no knock warrant at the apartment Taylor shared with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, while both lay asleep in bed.

When police entered, Walker who has said he never heard police announce their presence fired a single shot that hit an officer in the leg. Three officers Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and detectives Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison responded with more than 20 gunshots, eight of which struck Taylor , killing her. Audio of Walkers 911 call was released Thursday: I dont know what is happening, Walker exclaimed on the call . Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend. Kentuckys attorney general and the FBI are both investigating the killing.

After seven people were shot during Thursday nights protests in Louisville, President Donald Trump seized on the incident to try to discredit the protesters message. But the presidents cynical (and racist) response should not obscure the essential truth: The demonstrations in Louisville, much like those in Minneapolis and other cities, are about much more than one death at the hands of police, or even a handful of them.

The unrest and the frustration youre seeing in the killing of Breonna Taylor is just as much of a cumulative effect of years of pain, frustration, anguish and injustice as it is about how horribly devastating this incident has been, said Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker (D), who is from and represents part of West Louisville.

Booker, the youngest Black person elected to the Kentucky legislature in nearly 90 years, is currently running in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary to face Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has called for truth, accountability and justice for Taylor and condemned the violence in a Friday statement.

This is not a moment to figure out how to condemn or condescend or dictate how people should protest or express their pain, Booker told HuffPost on Friday. This is a moment to understand where their pain is coming from and to respond to it and honor their humanity.

Booker added: We have a responsibility to hear them and to honor their constitutional rights and protections under the law. We just cannot afford to miss this opportunity yet again.