Breonna Taylor: DOJ Investigation Leads To Police Reform Agreement In Louisville

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The city of Louisville and the DOJ have reached an agreement to reform the police more than four years after the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.

According to AP, the consent decree, which has to be approved by a judge, came after a federal investigation that found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg told the AP that “significant improvements” have already been implemented since Breonna Taylor was killed and the consent decree “builds upon and accelerates the transformational reform of community policing” in Louisville.

Greenberg specifically mentioned a new city law banning the use of “no-knock” warrants, which were commonly used in late-night drug raids, including the raid that ended in the death of Breonna Taylor.

But Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, isn’t satisfied and says she wants to see more action.

NewsOne describes what Palmer would like to see.

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