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Breonna Taylor shooting: City of Louisville settles with family

“Louisville’s metro government is expected to announce a “substantial” financial settlement Tuesday with the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by police in her apartment six months ago, The Courier Journal has learned. The settlement … is expected to dwarf the biggest payout previously made by police,…$8.5 million to Edwin Chandler in…

“Louisville’s metro government is expected to announce a “substantial” financial settlement Tuesday with the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by police in her apartment six months ago, The Courier Journal has learned.

The settlement … is expected to dwarf the biggest payout previously made by police,…$8.5 million to Edwin Chandler in 2012, who was wrongfully imprisoned for more than nine years.”…

In addition to the payment, the deal is expected to include several policing reforms, including a requirement that commanders approve all search warrants before they go to a judge.”

.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/09/15/breonna-taylor-shooting-city-louisville-settles-family/5792731002/

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