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Photo: Instagram In March, Breonna Taylor was shot to death by police in her own home. In what’s been described as a “botched raid,” officers barged into her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, as she lay sleeping and fired multiple rounds.
Taylor “had plans,” her mother, Tamika Palmer, said. “She had a whole plan on becoming a nurse and buying a house and then starting a family. Breonna had her head on straight, and she was a very decent person.” Taylor would have been 27 years old on June 5. What happened to Breonna Taylor? According to the Taylor family’s lawsuit, plainclothes police officers arrived at Taylor’s apartment at around 12:30 a.m. on March 13.
Taylor’s mother told the Washington Post that she had received a call from Walker, who said someone was trying to break into the apartment before shouting, “I think they shot Breonna.” According to his attorney, Walker fired a shot in self-defense and struck an officer in the leg. Walker is a licensed firearm carrier. In response, police opened fire, shooting more than 20 rounds into Taylor’s home, striking objects in the living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway, bathroom, and both bedrooms.
But the Taylor family attorneys say that Glover, the main target of the investigation, was already “located and identified by LMPD prior to the warrant being executed at Breonna’s home.” “Breonna had committed no crime, posed no immediate threat to the safety of the defendants and did not actively resist or attempt to evade arrest prior to being repeatedly shot and killed by the defendants,” the suit argues.
On May 13, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called on the state attorney general, the local prosecutor and the federal prosecutor assigned to the region to review the results of the Louisville police’s initial investigation, “to ensure justice is done at a time when many are concerned that justice is not blind.” On May 21, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it had opened an inquiry into Taylor’s death.
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