The city of Louisville, Kentucky agreed to a $12 million settlement to the family of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year old black woman who was fatally shot by police back in March.
According to the Associated Press, the city also called for reforming police practices but Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, believes that it’s not enough in combating racial injustice across the nation.
“Please continue to say her name,” an emotional Palmer said at a press conference on Tuesday.
In April, Palmer filed a lawsuit that blamed Louisville police for using misleading information when they acquired a “no-knock” warrant to enter Taylor’s apartment on the night of March 13, 2020.
During the incident, three officers entered Taylor’s apartment as part of a drug trafficking investigation into Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, who was later arrested in a different location.
Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were asleep in her bed when police broke in. Thinking they were intruders, Walker said that he fired once at the officers who then returned fire as Taylor was shot multiple times, killing her in the process. Taylor had been serving as an emergency medical technician in Louisville.
Despite the investigation, no drugs were found in Taylor’s home. Louisville’s attorney general, Daniel Cameron is currently investigating the actions of the officers involved in the shooting.
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