The grand jury's decision means no one was criminally charged with killing Taylor, a 26-year-old Black emergency room technician and aspiring nurse. An attorney for Taylor's family, Ben Crump, said the charges should have been "wanton murder." Finding some form of justiceThe city of Louisville agreed to pay Palmer, Taylor's mother, a $12 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit she filed against all three officers. "America will find out what happened to Breonna Taylor," Baker told CNN. There is a federal investigation into whether Taylor's civil rights were violated, and Baker sees that with some optimism.
Source: CNN September 24, 2020 04:52 UTC