Its been six months now since the 26yearold emt was killed in her own apartment by louisville police, and after months of protests in the streets, online, and at major sporting events, the city of louisville has finally responded. A Major Development in the killing of breonna taylor. Attorneys for taylors family say they have reached a settlement with the city of louisville, kentucky. That settlement includes a financial agreement and Police Reforms. 12 million in a civil settlement for breonna taylor. But the lawyers and the mom and everybody there making it clear that this fight is not over. They did announce, though, that along with that civil settlement, there are a number of Police Reforms including a housing credit for officers to live in lowincome housing, to live in the communities they police; creating a program to include social workers for assistance on police runs; a Commanding Officer to review search warrants before the officer seeks a judicial warrant. Those are some pre
Life, unlike what happened with breonna taylor, who was left on the ground after being shot for 20 minutes. Another reform is that officers will now be incentivized to live in the communities they police. Which is a step in the right direction. Ill be hont with you. I cant even believe police are allowed to live outside the areas they patrol. You would think they would have an invested interest in the communities they live. Living in the country hes in charge of which i know, technically, putin does with america, but you know what im saying. And, obviously, a large part of this settlement is the 12 million paid to Breonna Taylors family, which is a record for the most money louisville has ever paid for police misconduct. But, honestly, thats not really the type of records we want black people to be setting. And the thing thats messed up about these settlements is its never paid by the police who did something wrong. Its paid by the city. Which which means taxpayers are being punished f