Lawsuit filed by Taylor’s family Against Louisville
During the exchange, Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was shot eight times and later died.
No drugs were found on the property.
The lawsuit filed by Taylor’s family accuses the officers of battery, wrongful death, excessive force and gross negligence. It also says the officers were not looking for her or her partner, but for an unrelated suspect who did not live in the complex.
Her family has also accused police of leading the raid as a plot to gentrify her neighbourhood. The city’s mayor dismissed the allegation as “outrageous” and “without foundation or supporting facts”.
One of the officers involved in the raid, Brett Hankison, was fired in June. The other two – Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove – were placed on administrative leave.
The city’s police chief was also fired in June after a separate police shooting.
A grand jury could soon decide whether criminal charges should be filed against any of the officers.
Until Freedom, a social justice organisation that has held rallies for Taylor, released a statement saying: “No amount of money will bring back Breonna Taylor.”
“True justice is not served with cash settlements,” the group added. “We need those involved in her murder to be arrested and charged. We need accountability. We need justice.”
Earlier this year, Louisville’s city council voted unanimously in favour of banning no-knock warrants. Similar legislation that would ban the warrants nationwide was introduced in the US Congress.
