‘I’m deeply, deeply sorry for Breonna’s death,’ Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said as he announced a $12 million settlement to the family of Breonna Taylor
The settlement appears to be one of the largest of its kind in the United States, where police departments are often shielded from having to pay damages for deaths in their custody.
“I’m deeply, deeply sorry for Breonna’s death,” Fischer, who is white, told reporters. “My administration is not waiting to move ahead with needed reforms to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again.” The mayor invited Tamika Mallory, the co-founder of activist group Until Freedom, to the podium, where she said there would be “no peace” if the officers involved were not charged.The settlement appeared to be one of the largest ever after a police killing in the United States, Benjamin Crump, a lawyer for the family, told reporters.
Louisville police obtained the warrant from a judge as part of an investigation into a drug ring at another house elsewhere in the city. They told the judge that they believed that one of the men suspected of selling drugs had used Taylor’s apartment to receive packages.
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