Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, addresses the media in Louisville, Ky. on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Five months after her daughter was shot to death by police, Palmer said she is trying to be patient while waiting to hear if the officers will be charged.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor’s family, The Associated Press has learned. Taylor’s shooting by police serving a narcotics warrant at her home has sparked months of protests in Louisville and calls nationwide for the officers to be charged in her death. The state’s attorney general, Daniel Cameron, is investigating police actions in the March 13 shooting.The lawsuit, filed in April by her mother, Tamika Palmer, alleged the police used flawed information when they obtained a “no-knock” warrant to enter the Black woman’s apartment in March.
Disgusting waste of $- going 2 a family of crim.
So basically taxpayers have to pay for cops murdering a woman sleeping in her home. Why do citizens have to help murderers? Arrest them!
But you guys forgot to say that Breonna Taylor boyfriend OPENED FIRE on officers when they came.
Ap-1 side of the story
Put the murderous cops in prison
That's a start I would want the officers charged for her murder
B Taylors bf should be accountable for all charges
KMJNOW Tell the whole story AP! Shame on you.
Hope they move and not give Kentucky a penny back
How much longer will taxpayers foot the bill for murderers?
Still waiting for her murderers to be arrested. This is only the civil suit.
Damn! Family gets $7 million, the attorneys get $5 million, and the taxpayers get screwed! The Victim Lottery pays big time!
Please this was a pay day from the beginning. She hung out with the wrong people and got caught in the middle. Not so innocent.
This is ridiculous!! Taxpayers money before they announce their investigation findings?
The police served a no-warrant arrest when they broke in and shot Breonna Taylor eight times. What made them shoot? The police were that scared of her? How many times do the police have to shoot you before they think you’re dead? I think this was back in March.
Disgusting. Make the tax payers pay. Smh
Basically bribery USING Public Funds - and no arrests Are you kidding me
hrwbes7402 The sum amount isn't enough! JusticeForBreonnaTaylor
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They should allocate $200,000 and pay a hit man. Call me I’ll do it for free BUCKTHEBLUE 🎯
If I’m BreonnaTaylor’s family, I would use the awarded money to leave the UnitedStates and live elsewhere.
If not more than 35 million decline it!
hillharper
The officers who killed her MUST be punished, 25yrs prison time if not the death sentence. Anything other than hard punishment is an insult.
Where is the outrage over the 3 year old in Chicago shot by black gang members? Not outraged by black deaths only who killed them. Black on black homicide is epidemic in many of our major cities but apparently that is ok.
Wait... You can pay $12 million in hush money for killing an innocent person but you can't find money to pay your teachers or city workers
This is not justice
If i were the family i would spend every penny of that money seeking justice against the stormtroopers that killed her. SayHerName
Paying off a victim with taxpayers dollars is so fucked up. Arrest the officers for murder!!!!
CCruzNews The people of Louisiana pay for the police's mistake. Fixed that headline for ya.
Still doesn’t make it better but good for the family 👏👏👏
Now they should donate that massive settlement to help with counseling, small businesses & mental health issues as her attorney said that is what is needed, money to help those causes. Now they have it, so please donate it to those causes. That would keep her name alive
Drug dealing pays
Good! Make these democratic mayors pay!
the cops still weren't charged and the family got paid off - same shit different day - i guess a black life is only worth 12 million dollars blacktwitter BLM BreonnaTaylor
and thats all they wanted out of this $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
A pay off is not justice. Her murderers waking free is definitely not justice. It's almost like a country founded by slave owners who bastardized the concept of freedom doesn't understand the concept of justice, either. Imagine that.
So the police Department admitted wrongdoing but no one is being held accountable?
damn do something
we still need the cops arrested
So the same department that killed a lady sleeping in her bed now gets 500k thrown to them so they can make up bs seminars and online modules to have more 'training'.
These payouts come from taxpayer money. WE are paying for this. Start taking these payments out of police union accounts and watch these shootings stop and officers suddenly learning to de-escalate and follow procedure with Black people the way they do with everyone else.
Still no accountability.. The citizens of Louisville will pay the $12M. Reallocate police funds to pay the family for this wrongful shooting and bring charges against the officers involved.
But are her murderers going to jail?
Rachel__Nichols Money over prison it is. The Louisville police department just put a price on life.
This isn’t enough, there isn’t enough money to make losing a loved one violently to the people our tax dollars pay to protect us ok. Her killers arrested and tried, an overhaul of systemic abuses within police forces, and an official apology is what’s missing.
Rachel__Nichols Now arrest the officers that killed her
Black folks kill black folks at an alarming rate. Police made a mistake. They did not go there to kill her. The people she associated with drew the police to her residence.
Theres not enough money to hand out to everyone who cries police brutality, so if a city DOES hand down a settlement it means without a doubt that serious police misconduct took place! BreonnaTalyor BlacklivesStillMatter
kyoag - now charge the officers involved in this case. BreonnaTaylor
If wrongful killing ppl on job as cops just pay up , is that how black lives fair? Compton cops get shot, sheriff put ransom on crime, because cops are white? Is lives value equate by color? Wrong society value here
LPD is defunding themselves.
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN.
So if you’re going on record to call it “wrongful” and “misconduct” why aren’t the killer cops punished? BreonnaTaylor
elvislver56 This is why police continue to act with impunity. Taxpayers foot the bill & the police continue to act in unlawful ways. The family deserves a settlement but it should come from the police dept and offending officers who should also be arrested. Just a bribe financed by taxpayers
Wow! I guess money counts more then Justice, This is sad
I hope BreonnaTaylor s family uses that settlement money to educate the community. Drug houses and money laundering and relationships with drug dealers can get you killed. Even if you are a first responder, drug life is a dead life.
No justice no peace
Money is nice....but it’s imperative to have the officers involved charged.
NOW is the time to bring in federal investigators to uncover the false statements, cover ups & prosecute the trigger happy cops.
So in the death of Breonna Taylor the family is bought off & the cops who shot her go free?
smc029 so is this admitting guilt ?
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rolandsmartin Great, but justice Must be served.
All about the money
The murderers should be on the hook for as much of it as possible.
That money should come from police budgets, maybe they’d start taking care of their own “bad apples”
You can't buy Justice! BreonnaTalyor BreonnaTaylorKillersAreStillFree BreonnaTaylorWasMurdered
Settled with tax payer’s money.
They call this justice?
Shame they won't be able to buy a house in the nicer parts of town.
Police departments will never learn, if they keep being allowed to pay for their crimes with taxpayer money.
Who's paying the millions tho
They don’t want money they want justice
Blood money. They should have went after the boyfriend, not the police. Of course, he's probably been a victim of 'systemic racism' his whole life, and didnt have a pot to piss in.
I seriously hope Benjamin Crump is working pro bono in all these civil rights cases, especially Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
And the killers
End these police raids now!
Crumpy is all about money, not justice.
But the officers should still be charged.
K but what about charges
To soon , first things FIRST 🤨
Keep voting the same guys in you’ll keep getting the same thing- Democratic elitist now cannibalizing themselves for their failed decades of lunacy
Rachel__Nichols Keep paying off when you mess up🙄
Praying for Lady Justice to prevail for her memory and for her family ❤️❤️❤️
“The settlement will include reforms on how warrants are handled by police. The city of Louisville is expected to announce the details Tuesday afternoon.”
I am glad they ended 'no knock' warrants, now we must end police immunity. Time for true Republicans to get on the right side of history. (Retweet if you agree)
While many will say this is a step in the right direction, money can’t make up for her life being taken. Arrest the thugs who murdered her!!
'The state’s attorney general, Daniel Cameron, is investigating police actions in the March 13 fatal shooting.'
They need the money, but we still demand justice!! Take the money but keep fighting for the arrest of those concerned. Justice is mutli-dimensional. Jail + compensation is the full package.
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I guess this means they are not charging the officers. At least they 'promised' reforms. Let's see what actually changes. Big shocker, Nothing!
Still not enough
Insufficient! These police officers MUST be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law! THEY ARE MURDERERS, DAMNIT!
That lawyer is getting broken off big time.
That is not misconduct, it’s negligent homicide minimally. Arrest the officers now.
If its not life in prison for those murders im not having it
Is part of that settlement arresting the officers that killed her?
Crump is gaming. He gives for the money not justice. He profits from the pain ,hate and executions of victims of police brutality.
The settlement money to BreonnaTaylor’s family should come from police salaries (reduce police salaries for the required future years) & police pensions, louisvillemayor / Fischer. Taxpayers pay for Louisville, Kentucky police,but shouldn’t pay for police crimes w/ $$ or life.
THIS IS BULLSHIT!!! CRUMP IS AN OPPORTUNIST ONLY CONCERNED WITH MONEY AND SENSATIONALISM. NO JUSTICE AT ALL 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤬🤬🤬
Pff, they’ll never get that money it’ll be locked in appeals till the end of time.
Don't pay that greedy family a penny. Theyre willing to take a pay out to avoid justice and court? Fuck them.
How much is an unarmed Black life going for these days? 😡
Burst into an apartment? You mean the drug house where here boyfriend had a shootout with the cops?
£10 says trump insults the family within a week saying they sold out or were just after money.
And murdered her. Don't forget that.
But did anyone go to jail?
The settlement in the Breonna Taylor case would be the largest sum paid by Louisville for a police misconduct case, according to an AP source. The settlement will also include reforms on how warrants are handled by police.
Wait I thought it was ok for cops to shoot through a bedroom window blindly for no reason? LockThemUp
Dont hang with or Drive with a Drunk Driver
Good. Now arrest her murderers.
Taxpayers money at work.
Rachel__Nichols What about an arrest warrant for the murderers?
ok now fire and arrest the cops that murdered her
Money won’t bring her back
This makes me sick to my stomach! This isn't justice it's bribery & hush money! BLOOD MONEY!! 🤬
No Way. Arrest the officers who murdered BREONNA TAYLOR— a Settlement is an omission of guilt. No more. The officers must be tried for murder because they murdered her. Let’s be very specific about this! Arrest the officers who murdered Breonna!!! Now!!!
Yay more of our money to pay for what some piece.of shit cops did. Can we fix the issues I am pretty sure that Baltimore could spend that money in a better way.
It will never replace her loss. Arrest the murderers now.
Good to see Louiville has finally decided how much a human life is worth.
American police are going to end up on a list of the most corrupt police or government police system soon if we keep things up like this. Unfortunately, we can't control racist people or their emotions, so it's going to be hard to not be placed on that list.
Now they should arrest and bring to trial her murderers.
Why not a settlement AND arrest the cops who murdered her?
I prefer arrests.
They offering them money... Signaling that they were in the wrong.. Look at America.. This is justice.. Shame
Rachel__Nichols They had a warrant for HER apartment...and were shot at it as soon as entering ...and unfortunately she was shot while this occured...I’d you think this is murder then you are ignoring all the facts...blindly ignoring logic and facts doesn’t help your cause
But her MURDERERS are still free. Where is the JUSTICE?
Cool story. Now do one where the city of Louisville arrests the man responsible for her death.
Nobody fired, nobody charged, how much is your life worth?
Many/some attempt to sow discord.? Should be understood that immunity doesn't mean absolute.? Won't bring frivolous charges without merit/hinder law.? Just means in cases where discrepancies or issues arise--they will be investigated to bring about peaceful resolution/change.?
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While I am happy for this outcome my heart is still heavy for her family. No money will ever heal their hearts, having their loved one taken from them and Breonna, full of accomplishment and possibility, giving to the world, being snuffed out. Then, no legal consequences.
Way too soon. Put the killers in prison first then talk money.
They knocked. And had a legal warrant. They were running drugs. And her boyfriend shot at and hit a cop first. But she’s a hero. Cool
They should make the police department and union pay the settlement. Not the city, which is Tax Payer dollars. This is crazy. I'm happy for the family, but the money doesn't bring her life back. She's gone. The police are still free to kill others.
They know they will never be able to convict the people who shot her. Take race out of it and go strictly by the letter of law, a good lawyer is gonna get those guys off, at least this way the family gets a very generous settlement, instead of nothing. End the war on drugs.
Use the money to pay lawyers to compel the city to arrest the officers who murdered her.
Whatever it is, it is not enough. They murdered her in her own bed although they had the suspect, her ex boyfriend, in custody at the time of the raid. They killed her because cops wanted to seize $14,000 in drug money he lied about her keeping.
This is fantastic news. Great start. Now arrest them.
Not his base, the grandmas who are cashiers where his base shops.
We need 'no knock' reforms all across America.
It’s always been about the money
Now all the article has to do is actually tell the whole story about how her boyfriend was involved in a drug ring, she was also involved in it, and he used her as a shield. But, let's not allow facts to get in the way of a good false narrative, right?
I hate this shit paying $ and not arresting the 🐷 responsible for her murder. WTF !!!!
clarencehilljr No arrests though
Rachel__Nichols The Taylor Family deserves more than just money. They deserve true justice. What happened to Breonna was wrong on so many levels. And the perpetrators of this heinous crime are STILL on the payroll and STILL free. SMH
Ok so when are the cops gonna go to jail and for how long
How about just arresting the cops that killed her?
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