Next up: charge the officers that killed her.
Last night, the Louisville Metro City Council voted unanimously to ban no-knock warrants, the type of warrant that was used when Breonna Taylor was killed by the Louisville Police Department. The legislation, which comes just a few days after what would have been Taylor's 27th birthday on June 5, will be titled Breonna’s Law in her honor.
— Ben Crump June 12, 2020 On March 13, 2020, officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department broke into Breonna Taylor’s home in the middle of the night with a no-knock warrant and without announcing that they were law enforcement. Believing it was a home invasion, Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, reached for a gun in defense and the police officers shot the 26-year-old Breonna Taylor multiple times, she later died of her injuries.
“I know if Breonna was here today she’d be looking down thinking ‘ahhh, I’m making history,’” Taylor's mother, Tamkia Palmer stated. “She just really cared about saving lives so she’ll get to continue to do that through the Breonna’s Law.” Her mother was also sure to note, however, that this is simply a start.
Since Taylor’s case has been made more public on television and online, many women from the Louisville Metro area have come forward about one of the officers responsible for her murder, Brett Hankison. At least two women with nearly identical stories have come forward to state that they had previously been sexually assaulted by Hankison. Clearly, Hankison and the other two officers need to be arrested immediately.
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