It’s always wait. I’m actually surprised by how surprised other people are about this process and about this lack of justice.”Part of the delay in action can be blamed on how state law and a contract between Louisville and the police union make it extremely difficult to fire an officer without a full investigation and clear evidence.The situation is further complicated by the lack of video evidence: while footage of the killings of Floyd, Brooks and Arbery was captured either on police body cameras, cellphones or both, the officers who conducted the raid on Taylor’s home on 13 March were not required to wear body cameras.The investigation into Taylor’s death was initially handled by the Louisville metro police department’s public integrity unit. The police stormed her Louisville home as part of a drugs investigation and were searching for a suspect who was already in custody, a lawsuit claims. However, as Taylor gained national attention, the FBI announced that it would also be conducting an investigation and the state said the attorney general’s office would review the findings of the police investigation. “Unwarranted raid, at the wrong house for a suspect that was already in custody,” a June 3 Facebook post reads. Not one person has explained anything to me," Palmer told The 19th.
That shouldn’t be the case. “That’s ridiculous. So protesters keep marching through the streets shouting “say her name!” every night while State and city officials have asked for patience as investigations into Taylor’s death continue, but many people are fed up and frustrated.“Here’s the thing: for black people in America, it’s always wait for justice. Sam Upshaw Jr./Courier Journal/Reuters
"Having accused the officers of wrongful death, excessive force, and gross negligence, Taylor's family on Monday enlisted the help of Benjamin Crump, a well-known civil-rights and personal-injury attorney.Crump issued a statement to news outlets, describing Taylor's killing as "inexcusable. Andy Beshear to intervene. She had to go to work," Palmer said The 19th. Wine dropped the charges because the officers never mentioned Taylor by name to the grand jury or that they shot her. Counsel believes that police hit the door with a battering ram. The 26-year-old black ER tech was shot dead by police in her own home but no one has yet been charged over her killingAlong with three others, Bryant sequestered herself in a Louisville Airbnb rental on Monday to carry out an open-ended hunger strike to protest about Taylor’s death and call for the three officers involved in her killing to be fired and stripped of their pensions.“We have to have faith to keep on doing this,” said Bryant, 27. I was just like, 'Make sure you wash your hands! LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Protesters continue to take to the streets demanding justice in the March shooting death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black, Louisville ER … Breonna Taylor is not mentioned. The lawsuit said that he was detained more than 10 miles from Taylor's house and that officers identified Glover before executing the search warrant at Taylor's house, where they didn't find any drugs.Police Chief Steve Conrad said that the police department's Criminal Interdiction Squad, which was involved in the shooting, does not use body cameras, so there's no footage of the incident, according to the Courier Journal.The three officers involved in the case have been placed on administrative leave, the Courier Journal said, while Walker, a licensed gun owner, was arrested and faces charges of first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer, according to The 19th.
There's no reason Breonna should be dead at all.
A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation.The shooting death of yet another black person has been thrust into the national spotlight.This time it's the case of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was killed by the police in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, during a narcotics bust in the early hours of March 13.The police said they returned fire after someone in the apartment shot at them, injuring an officer, Rob Eggert, a defense attorney for Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, said in a recent court filing that the police team — two officers and one sergeant — didn't knock or announce themselves when entering the apartment, "While police may claim to have identified themselves, they did not," Eggert wrote in the filing seen by the Courier Journal. In Georgia the father and son who confronted, shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery – a black man who was jogging – were arrested and charged. '"In the lawsuit filed in late April, Taylor's family alleged that officers weren't looking for Taylor or Walker — they said the police executed the raid at the wrong address, despite having already taken a suspect into custody earlier that day.The Courier Journal identified the suspect as Jamarcus Glover.
The law is called Breonna's Law and requires all officers who serve warrants to wear body cameras and have them turned on from at least five minutes before the warrant is served to at least five minutes after.For weeks after Taylor's death, there was very little public reaction or response from government officials.