The city of Louisville will pay $2 million to settle two lawsuits filed by the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor.
"He will live with the effects of being put in harm’s way due to a falsified warrant, to being a victim of a hailstorm of gunfire and to suffering the unimaginable and horrific death of Breonna Taylor," 1 of Kenneth Walker's attorneys, Steve Romines, said.
Walker filed federal & state lawsuits, contending that officers violated his rights when they entered Taylor's apartment without warning & used excessive force.
A portion of the money that Walker won in the settlement will be used for a scholarship fund for law students interested in civil rights law.
Walker was with Taylor the night of March 13, 2020, when police officers entered Taylor's apartment to serve a no-knock warrant.
Walker, who believed that intruders were entering the home, fired 1 shot from a handgun, striking 1 officer. The police responded by opening fire & striking Taylor multiple times.
The Justice Department earlier this year charged 4 Louisville Metro Police Department officers involved with drafting the "no-knock" search warrant that led to the shooting of Taylor.
In September, 2 of Taylor's neighbors sued a former LMPD police officer who previously pleaded guilty to federal charges.
Chelsey Napper & Cody Etherton in September filed a civil lawsuit against former police officer Kelly Goodlett. The neighbors filed a separate lawsuit in 2020 against some of the officers involved in the raid.
Two former officers involved in the raid — Detective Joshua Jaynes & Kyle Meany — are set to go on trial in federal court next year.
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