'A transparent process of holding the officers who killed her accountable would at least begin to restore a modicum of trust between the police and the public... It is the absolute least Breonna Taylor deserves,' JillFilipovic writes for CNNOpinion
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On Tuesday, the City of Louisville, Kentucky, finally settled a wrongful death lawsuit in the killing of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT shot dead in her own house by police officers who entered on a no-knock warrant. The settlement is for $12 million, every penny of which Taylor's family deserves, and not a single cent of which will bring her back.
Jill FilipovicIt's an important step. But it's not justice.Taylor was killed March 13 after plainclothes officers burst through her front door in the middle of the night. Her boyfriend, reasonably believing they were under attack from armed intruders, he said, grabbed his gun and fired. He hit a police officer in the thigh. Police responded with a spray of bullets, killing Taylor.
Breonna Taylor's mother: Remember her name 01:11As part of the settlement, the City of Louisville has pledged to exercise greater oversight on officers carrying out search warrants. This is important and necessary. And separately, the state attorney general is investigating, and a grand jury has reportedly been empaneled. The settlement is much larger than what is usually paid out to victims of police violence.
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