Louisville reaches $2 million settlement with Kenneth Walker, Breonna Taylor's boyfriend

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Former Louisville Metro Police Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, who was shot in the thigh by Walker as police burst through the door the night of the raid at Taylor's apartment in 2020, confirmed the settlement to courierjournal of the USA TODAY Network.

Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old first responder, was killed by Louisville police officers in her own home on March 13, 2020.Louisville reached a settlement with Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, for $2 million this week, according to one of the parties who had been sued as part of the case.

Joey Klausing, an attorney representing former Louisville Detective Kelly Goodlett, said his client was released from the lawsuit Monday with no payment requirement. Goodlett in Augustfor her role in falsifying information used to obtain the search warrant on Taylor's apartment. Walker and Taylor, a 26-year-old unarmed Black woman, were asleep in her South End apartment on March 13, 2020 when Louisville officers attempted to serve a search warrant as part of a narcotics investigation. Walker, who has said he thought an intruder was breaking in, fired a single shot that hit Mattingly. Taylor was shot to death when police returned fire.

The shooting touched off protests in Louisville and across the country in 2020 over the killings of unarmed Black people and demands for police reform.

 

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courierjournal Shoot at cops… get $2 million.

courierjournal And going to blow through the money in less than a year.

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