Louisville’s Metro Council Public Safety Committee has approved Breonna’s Law, a piece of legislature that would require officer’s to wear body cams when executing no knock warrants. This news comes not long after Mayor Greg Fischer suspended no-knock warrants temporarily following the killing of Breonna Taylor.
“That one particular tool has put tremendous harm, not only in this community in Louisville, not only on Breonna Taylor and on her family, but that one incident has rocked the nation and it is time for us in Louisville to take a stand and start moving toward healing and rectifying that situation,” ACLU Policy Analyst Keturah Herron said.
No arrests have been made.
No officers charged.
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— Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 4, 2020
Taylor was shot to death by police in her apartment on March 13, 2020. Officers made their way into Taylor’s home using a no-knock warrant as they searched for a suspect that had been arrested hours earlier. Under the impression that someone had broken into the apartment, Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot at the officers. In return, officers fire more than 20 shots. Authorities hit Taylor at least eight times, killing her.
Initially, Walker faced an attempted murder charge, but the charges have been dropped. The officers involved have not face charges as of yet. Two months after the shooting, the F.B.I. announced an investigation into the matter.
As the city strives to reform its police department, it will seek to push forth “Breonna’s Law” along with other legislature. Having passed through the public safety committee, it will go up to the full Metro Council for a vote.