Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death - The New York Times

Taylor by the police has been growing, driving tense demonstrations in Louisville, Ky., and elsewhere.

While the death this week of George Floyd in Minneapolis has unleashed a wave of protests across the country, fury over the killing of an African-American medical worker in Louisville, Ky., by the police has also been growing, driving tense demonstrations in that city.

Shortly after midnight on March 13, Louisville police, executing a search warrant, used a battering ram to crash into the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency room technician.

But a judge had also signed a warrant allowing the police to search Ms.

The Louisville police say that they only fired inside Ms.

The police also assert that, despite having a no-knock warrant, they knocked several times and identified themselves as police with a warrant before entering the apartment.

The police said that the officers then “forced entry into the exterior door and were immediately met with gunfire.” The officer who was wounded, and two others, then returned fire, the police said.

Taylor’s relatives and their lawyers say that the police never identified themselves before entering — despite their claims.

Walker, 27, has said that he feared for his life and only fired in self-defense, believing that someone was trying to break into the home.

Taylor’s family also said it was outrageous that the police felt it necessary to conduct the raid in the middle of the night.

Some legal experts said the fact that prosecutors dropped charges after a grand jury indictment suggested that they may have doubts about the version of events told by police.

Taylor’s death “tragic,” later instituted a new policy requiring “no knock” warrants to be endorsed by the police chief or someone designated by the chief before being sent to a judge for approval

Mayor Fischer has also announced other changes to ensure “more scrutiny, transparency and accountability,” including the naming of a new police chief; a new requirement that body cameras always be worn during the execution of search warrants; and the establishment of a civilian review board for police disciplinary matters