The law is not the total ban many protesters and some Democratic lawmakers had sought – a proposal that had been introduced as “Breonna’s Law” – but it also doesn’t prevent individual cities and towns from banning the warrants completely.
“This is meaningful change,” Beshear said. “It will save lives, and it will move us in the right direction. I know more needs to be done. I know the fight is not over.”
Members of the Taylor family stood behind the governor during the bill signing, at Louisville’s Kentucky Center for African American Heritage.
Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, shed tears as she accepted the pen the governor used to sign the measure.
Kentucky limits no-knock warrants after Breonna Taylor death
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