The family of a Black woman who was shot to death by police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, in March has hired a prominent attorney who also represents the family of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man fatally shot while jogging in Georgia. Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was shot eight times by Louisville Metro police officers on March 13 after they entered her apartment with a drug warrant looking for someone else. Her family filed suit on April 27, saying the warrant didn’t include either Taylor or her boyfriend and alleging the officers entered “without knocking … or announcing themselves.”Taylor’s family this week hired noted civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who also represents the family of Ahmaud Arbery. Two white men were charged this week in Arbery’s February killing after outrage that followed the release of a video showing the shooting. Walker, 27, was arrested and charged with assault and attempted murder of a police officer, NBC News reported.

Source: Huffington Post May 13, 2020 11:37 UTC