September 21. 2020

The family of murder victim Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old African-American EMT, who was shot to death while she slept in her bed, by careless, negligent police who did no due diligence, have settled their civil lawsuit against the police.

The Louisville police and prosecutors involved in the massive cover up regarding her death are highly corrupt. Taylor's ex-boyfriend is a drug dealer. In an effort to smear the name of the deceased young woman who was an upstanding citizen, they threatened him with excessive jail time and promised him a short sentence if he would perjure himself in falsely stating she was involved in drug dealing. He refused and has initiated a lawsuit against the police for the corruption.

The fact of the matter is police knew they had the wrong house. They were told the suspect is in custody, but raided the wrong apartment anyway and opened fire, killing the innocent EMT in her sleep. They lied to her family that she was sent to the hospital and to meet her there, knowing full well her body was sent to the morgue. This massive and disgraceful corruption within the Louisville government must not go unpunished by the law.

The city of Louisville have agreed to pay Taylor's family $12,000,000 in a legal settlement for wrongful death that also includes "significant" police reform rules. The Louisville government needs to clean up its act, as their appalling treatment of Taylor and her family are an absolute disgrace. May Breonna rest in peace.

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These are all the police reforms included in the Breonna Taylor civil suit settlement

WLKY Updated: 11:21 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 - A large settlement was reached between the city of Louisville and the family of Breonna Taylor in the wrongful death civil suit. Louisville will pay out $12 million, but the deal also includes "significant" police reforms. Attorney Lonita Baker said they would not negotiate a civil settlement unless it came with reforms for LMPD.

Those reforms are meant to address several issues including police accountability and the fractured relationship between LMPD and the communities it polices. Some of those reforms include an incentive programs to get officers living in low-income neighborhoods within the city and will encourage officers to volunteer during their shift. Louisville Metro also will hire social workers to assist officers on certain types of calls...

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Breonna Taylor’s Family to Receive $12 Million Settlement From City of Louisville

In the aftermath of the botched police raid in which Ms. Taylor was killed, the city also agreed to institute changes aimed at preventing future deaths by officers.

Sept. 15, 2020 - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After months of protests that turned Breonna Taylor’s name into a national slogan against police violence, city officials agreed to pay her family $12 million and institute changes aimed at preventing future deaths by officers.

The agreement, announced Tuesday, settled a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the young woman’s family. As her mother, her lawyers and leading activists walked into the council chamber alongside the mayor, there was a momentary show of unity, after months of nightly, sometimes violent demonstrations that have left Kentucky’s largest city boarded up. It comes six months after the death of Ms. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, in a botched drug raid, but before the state’s attorney general has said whether the officers involved in the shooting would be criminally charged — a key demand of protesters...

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