September 16, 2020
The family of EMT Breonna Taylor, shot and killed by police on March 13, 2020, obtained a measure of justice yesterday when the City of Louisville, KY reached a $12 million settlement that included police reforms the department is required to implement. Among them are a requirement to have paramedics on scene whenever a warrant is executed, housing credits to incentivize police officers to live within the confines of Louisville, and an early warning system to identify officers with “red flags.”
Separately, the Metro Council unanimously passed Breonna’s Law banning no-knock warrants in Louisville. According to a local TV station a criminal case against the officers was presented to a grand jury, with a decision on possible charges expected to be announced soon.
“Regardless of this landmark step on the journey to justice, we still are demanding that (Kentucky Attorney General) Daniel Cameron bring charges immediately against the police officers that murdered Breonna Taylor,” Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the Taylor family said, according to WAVE3 News in Louisville.
