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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERVES EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BREONNA TAYLOR’S FAMILY AND THEIR ATTORNEYS TELL US THAT THEY’RE NOT SURPRISED BY THE DOJ’S FINDINGS. LIKEWISE, ALEXIS MATTHEWS IS LIVE FOR US OUTSIDE THE LAW OFFICE, WHERE THE NEWS CONFERENCE WAS HELD JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. ALEXIS. WELL, VICKY RIGG, TAMIKA PALMER, BREONNA TAYLOR’S MOTHER, CALLING THE 86 PAGE REPORT HARD BREAKING. MEANWHILE, ATTORNEYS SAY THEY’RE ENCOURAGED BY THE FINDINGS. BUT BOTH AGREE THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THE DEATH OF TAYLOR TO GET TO THIS POINT. NOW, BREONNA TAYLOR WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY LMPD IN 2020 DURING A RAID OF HER APARTMENT. THAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF A NO KNOCK SEARCH WARRANT THAT WAS OBTAINED WITH FALSE INFORMATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT HIGHLIGHTED THAT IN OTHER INSTANCES OF UNLAWFUL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDUCT BY LAPD AS IT RELATES TO SEARCH WARRANTS. NOW, PALMER SAYS THE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT SHE KNEW ALL ALONG, AND IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT TOOK A TWO YEAR INVESTIGATION BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO BRING IT TO LIGHT. HEARTBREAK ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE I KNEW THAT TO BEGIN WITH. I SAID THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THE ONLY POSITIVE THING THAT COULD COME FROM LOSING HER DAUGHTER IS THAT SHE PREVENTS OTHER PEOPLE FROM THAT SAME FATE. AND I THINK THAT TODAY IS INDICATIVE OF THAT. I THINK WHEN THE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN INDICTED WERE INDICTED, THAT’S INDICATIVE OF THAT. BUT ONLY WHEN WE SEE TRUE CHAIN CHANGE, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT THIS REPORT SOLIDIFIED WHAT TO MAKE A NEW IS THAT SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE TODAY AND CALL BRIANA. NOW, THE ATTORNEYS POINT OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THIS INVESTIGATION WAS FOR LMPD AND METRO GOVERNMENT, THEY SAY IT SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL FOR LOUISVILLE’S ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO DO BETTER MOVING FORWARD TO ACHIEVE TRUE CHANGE AND REFORM. BUT I’M GOING TO CHALLENGE JUDGES TO LOOK CLOSER AT SEARCH WARRANTS. IF YOU KEEP SEEING THE SAME LANGUAGE OVER AND OVER, YOU HAVE TO DIG MORE. POLICE OFFICERS AREN’T ALLOWED TO GET TO THAT POINT. IF YOU CHALLENGE THEM WHEN THEY COME TO YOU FOR YOUR SIGNATURE, WE’VE BEEN HEARING THIS STUFF FOR YEARS. SO I THINK THE TRUE MEASURE OF WHERE WE’RE GOING TO GO AS A CITY AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE IS WHERE WE STAND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE TO FIX IT. NOW, MONDAY MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE TAYLOR’S DEATH, AND AT TODAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE, THE ROOM WAS FULL OF HER SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING LOVED ONES AND THOSE WHO PROTESTED FOR HER JUSTICE. NOW, THIS REPORT COMES NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS AFTER LAPD OFFICERS WERE FEDERALLY CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO THAT DEADLY RAID. LIVE FOR YOU IN LOUISVILLE

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Breonna Taylor’s mother feels reaffirmed after DOJ findings, but says more needs to change


WLKY Digital Team

Findings from the U.S. Attorney General’s Office investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department and Metro government were released Wednesday.In an 86-page report, findings from it say there is reasonable cause to believe that LMPD and Metro government were engaged in conduct that would have deprived people of their rights under the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Following this report being released, many leaders, activists and officials have spoken out, including the family of Breonna Taylor, whose death the probe stemmed from.”It’s heartbreaking to know that everything you’ve been saying from day one has to be said again,” Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s mother, said. “That it took this to even have somebody look into this department.”Watch the full press conference below:One of the things U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland discussed from the findings was the search warrant issued for Breonna Taylor’s apartment. Garland, in essence, said that the warrant should have never been issued and the officers involved knew the warrant contained “false and misleading information.””Heartbreak all over again, because I knew that to begin with,” Palmer said about the search warrant. “We asked that question a hundred times over and over, for no one to give you a direct answer.”Standing beside her lawyer, Palmer said that the new policies and procedures that came from Taylor’s death still need to be put into action.”It’ll just keep repeating itself,” Palmer said. These findings also come five days before the three-year anniversary of Taylor’s death. “To know that this thing should have never happened, and it took three years for anybody else to say that it shouldn’t have happened,” she said.The report comes seven months after four LMPD officers were federally charged in connection to the deadly raid involving Taylor.To read the full 86-page report, click here.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Findings from the U.S. Attorney General’s Office investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department and Metro government were released Wednesday.

In an 86-page report, findings from it say there is reasonable cause to believe that LMPD and Metro government were engaged in conduct that would have deprived people of their rights under the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

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Following this report being released, many leaders, activists and officials have spoken out, including the family of Breonna Taylor, whose death the probe stemmed from.

“It’s heartbreaking to know that everything you’ve been saying from day one has to be said again,” Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s mother, said. “That it took this to even have somebody look into this department.”

Watch the full press conference below:

One of the things U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland discussed from the findings was the search warrant issued for Breonna Taylor’s apartment. Garland, in essence, said that the warrant should have never been issued and the officers involved knew the warrant contained “false and misleading information.”

“Heartbreak all over again, because I knew that to begin with,” Palmer said about the search warrant. “We asked that question a hundred times over and over, for no one to give you a direct answer.”

Standing beside her lawyer, Palmer said that the new policies and procedures that came from Taylor’s death still need to be put into action.

“It’ll just keep repeating itself,” Palmer said.

These findings also come five days before the three-year anniversary of Taylor’s death.

“To know that this thing [Taylor’s death] should have never happened, and it took three years for anybody else to say that it shouldn’t have happened,” she said.

The report comes seven months after four LMPD officers were federally charged in connection to the deadly raid involving Taylor.

To read the full 86-page report, click here.