There were no massive protests when 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was killed by police in her home in March. That changed last week. adamkraymond reports
Police officers in riot gear stand near milk jugs broken by two men moments earlier on May 30, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo: Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Two and a half months before Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in broad daylight, Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in the middle of the night.
Arthur, like many protesters in Louisville, called for the firing and arrest of the police officers involved in Taylor’s shooting. On March 13, three members of the Louisville Metro Police Department burst into the 26-year-old’s apartment at 12:40 a.m. as a part of a drug investigation. Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, believed someone was breaking in and fired his legal firearm one time. Police returned fire, and Taylor was shot eight times. She died on her hallway floor.
So far, the city has responded with a series of corrective measures. Mayor Greg Fischer suspended the use of “no-knock” warrants, which officers had on the night Taylor was killed, though they say they announced themselves anyway. The use of body cams is also being expanded to include plainclothes officers like the ones who kicked down Taylor’s door. A civilian review board will also be put together to provide oversight for the police department.
“LMPD has always been aggressive,” she said. “I remember being 17 and me and my friends were sitting out on the porch and the police officer telling my friend, ‘I shoot little black boys in the back like you all the time.’”
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