
On Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, the city of Louisville, Kentucky, announced a $12 million settlement with Breonna Taylor’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit.
The settlement comes months after Taylor was shot and killed by Louisville police as she slept in her bed.
Hours after the settlement was announced, Ben Crump, an attorney representing Taylor’s family, shared his thoughts in a statement to rolling out.
On March 13, three plainclothes police officers in Louisville — Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove — entered Taylor’s apartment after retrieving a no-knock warrant. However, they entered the wrong home and fired more than 20 shots, killing Taylor. Taylor’s’ boyfriend reportedly fired one shot. In a court filing, Taylor’s family has said the officers also failed to give aid to her after she was shot. Hankinson was fired from the police force, but neither of the three officers has been charged in the incident.
Although high-profile celebrities and national media outlets have called for Taylor to receive justice, the officers involved have yet to be charged with a crime.