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City of Louisville agrees to settlement as high as $12 million in Breonna Taylor shooting
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:05 pm
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville's metro government is expected to announce a "substantial" financial settlement Tuesday afternoon as high as $12 million with the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by police in her apartment six months ago, The Courier Journal has learned.
The settlement is expected to be announced at a 2 p.m. press conference at Mayor Greg Fischer's office, with Taylor's family and attorneys Ben Crump, Sam Aguiar and Lonita Baker.
The settlement amount has not been disclosed, but is likely to be as much as $12 million, a person familiar with the agreement but not authorized to share more details told The Courier Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, this morning.
A second source knowledgeable about the details who said they could not be identified said it is expected to dwarf the biggest city payout related to actions by Louisville police.
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In addition to the payment, the deal is expected to include several policing reforms, including a requirement that commanders approve all search warrants before they go to a judge, the person told The Courier Journal.
It's not yet known if city officials will acknowledge any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
The accord also will provide housing credits to officers who agree to live within the city, and it would seek the authority for drug and alcohol testing of officers involved in any shooting.
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Sam Aguiar, an attorney for Taylor's family, said the city's handling of the case has been slow and frustrating. But, Aguiar said he hopes Metro Government's willingness to discuss significant police reforms is "a turning point."
A large settlement in the civil suit brought by Taylor's family comes as a Jefferson County grand jury may hear the criminal case as soon as this week. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is spearheading the criminal investigation.
This post was edited on 9/15/20 at 12:07 pm
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Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:07 pm to TechDawg2007
Inb4 a bunch of so-called 2nd amendment supporters come in here throwing a hissy fit
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:08 pm to TechDawg2007
The losers in this are the people of Louisville who have to foot the bill.
ETA: not saying she doesn’t deserve a settlement but it’s kind of a fricked up system that individuals can frick up or run a shitty police department but the payout for those transgressions comes from the citizens.
Also how is a settlement not an admission of wrongdoing? Clearly they think they’ve done something wrong or can be proved to have done something wrong to settle. If they’re settling with the families why aren’t they charging the officers as well?
Eta2: ah didn’t see that they’re involving a grand jury.
ETA: not saying she doesn’t deserve a settlement but it’s kind of a fricked up system that individuals can frick up or run a shitty police department but the payout for those transgressions comes from the citizens.
Also how is a settlement not an admission of wrongdoing? Clearly they think they’ve done something wrong or can be proved to have done something wrong to settle. If they’re settling with the families why aren’t they charging the officers as well?
Eta2: ah didn’t see that they’re involving a grand jury.
This post was edited on 9/15/20 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:09 pm to TechDawg2007
The fact that they still won't admit any wrongdoing by police says a lot about policing in modern times.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:09 pm to zacata88
So we are just gonna excuse the boyfriend shooting through a door?
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:09 pm to TechDawg2007
It’s really unfair how criminals get all the money these days
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:10 pm to zacata88
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Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:11 pm to TechDawg2007
LMPD has cost this city so much fricking money in lawsuits the last few years. This is just the tip of the iceberg how much their negligence has cost taxpayers.
The city is at least starting to try to hold these officers responsible financially (within the means of the FOP contract).
WDRB article on the city suing officers from August
The city is at least starting to try to hold these officers responsible financially (within the means of the FOP contract).
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The city's decision to sue individual officers also comes as the police department faces national scrutiny over the fatal March police shooting of Breonna Taylor, with activists and civil rights leaders calling for three officers involved in the raid on her apartment to be criminally charged.
And the city is also facing dozens of pending lawsuits against police, including seven against officers concerning accusations of sexual abuse and cover-up in the department's youth Explorer program.
The Marlowe lawsuit surprised the Louisville Fraternal Order of Police union and even the lawyers who sued Marlowe, who claim the city is abandoning the former officer and trying to get out of paying damages.
WDRB article on the city suing officers from August
This post was edited on 9/15/20 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:11 pm to jlovel7
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it’s kind of a fricked up system that individuals can frick up or run a shitty police department but the payout for those transgressions comes from the citizens.
Simple solution: elect people who will run a better police department.
Money saved.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:12 pm to jlovel7
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The losers in this are the people of Louisville who have to foot the bill.
I'm pretty sure the woman who was murdered in her house by the police is the loser in this situation. The winners are the police officers involved who get to keep their lives and freedom.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:12 pm to TechDawg2007
These Democratic governments are quick to settle with taxpayer money. How does SHE receive a settlement when she's dead? Does the family really want the citizens of their city to pay this much ? Who decides these settlements ?
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:13 pm to jlovel7
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The losers in this are the people of Louisville who have to foot the bill.
They voted Greg Fischer into office. Now they're winning stupid prizes.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:13 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I'm pretty sure the woman who was murdered in her house by the police is the loser in this situation. The winners are the police officers involved who get to keep their lives and freedom.
I assumed that went without saying. I’m talking specifically about the payout. Police officers frick up and the citizens pay for it.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:13 pm to Cosmo
He shot first because he thought they were intruders. Stand your ground laws don’t apply to him?
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:14 pm to Cosmo
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So we are just gonna excuse the boyfriend shooting through a door?
Yeah we are, if someone broke into my house i'm shooting at them too...
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:15 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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They voted Greg Fischer into office. Now they're winning stupid prizes.
It's not just Fischer. The Metro Council could've stepped in several times. And they were real fricking quiet until well after a lot of shite went down. This goes back before this case.
The whole bunch is incompetent.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:16 pm to Newuser13
Yeah this one is murder. You bust into the wrong house in the middle of the night with a no knock warrant ....... people have the right to defend themselves. Guy shooting through the door had that right.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:16 pm to TechDawg2007
Can we please talk about the REAL issue, and that’s no knock warrants? Making this about race and not the authoritarian law is exactly what they authoritarians want. Distraction from the real issue. And of course the sheep follow
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:17 pm to TechDawg2007
She was involved with drug dealers and all kind of major shady shite. The police knocked and announced and witnesses say so. Pathetic.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:20 pm to Tigers0891
She deserved to die because she dated a shady drug dealer?
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