Breonna’s Law Passed Unanimously In Louisville
Written by Site Hub on June 13, 2020
Breonna’s Law is named after 26 year old Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police who stormed her apartment to serve a warrant in the early morning hours of March 13.
The no-knock clause of the search warrant was a part of a narcotics investigation that was taking place. When Breonna’s boyfriend heard intruders, he opened fire. The officers returned fire and Breonna was hit 8 times while she was still in bed. No drugs were recovered from her apartment.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer pledged to sign Breonna’s law as soon as it hit his desk and suspended the use of the warrants indefinitely in April.
The new ordinance requires that all officers serving warrants wear body cameras and must have them active at least 5 minutes before the beginning and 5 minutes after a warrant has been served.
A report from the Justice Collaborative Institute called for an end to all no-knock warrants, saying:
“Minor tweaks to policies controlling how no-knock raids are carried out are not enough to protect people from injury and death.”
