The city of Louisville will pay $2 million to settle two lawsuits filed by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend. His attorneys say a portion of the money will go toward a scholarship fund for law students interested in civil rights law.
He will live with the effects of being put in harm’s way due to a falsified warrant, to being a victim of a hailstorm of gunfire and to suffering the unimaginable and horrific death of Breonna Taylor," one of Kenneth Walker's attorneys, Steve Romines, said in a statement.
Walker filed federal and state lawsuits, contending that officers violated his rights when they entered Taylor's apartment without warning and used excessive force. A portion of the money that Walker won in the settlement will be used for a scholarship fund for law students interested in civil rights law, AP reports.Walker was with Taylor the night of March 13, 2020, when police officers entered Taylor's apartment to serve a no-knock warrant.
Walker, who believed that intruders were entering the home, fired one shot from a handgun, striking one officer. The police responded by opening fire and
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