Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer Tuesday announced that the city will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor, describing as a “tragedy” the death of the 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by police in her apartment six months ago. Read More
Taylor was killed in March when police, executing a drug-related search warrant, fired at least 20 shots into her apartment, the family attorney has said. But her case did not gain national attention until May, about the same time as video emerged of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Florida. Taylor, Arbery and George Floyd, who died under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, became part of a rallying cry as demonstrators took to the streets to protest violence of police and vigilantes aimed at people of color. Read More