FBI Louisville says it has opened an investigation into the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by officers raiding her home.
, meaning police could enter the home without identifying themselves.
Though the lawsuit filed by Taylor’s family alleges that police did not knock or identify themselves before entering the apartment, police Lt. Ted Eidem said during a March 13 news conference that officers had knocked on the door several times and “announced their presence as police who were there with a search warrant.”Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, 27, had a license to carry and kept firearms in the home.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who also represented the family of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, was hired by Taylor’s family. Crump called Taylor’s death a “senseless killing” and condemned the police department for a lack of transparency. "We stand with the family of this young woman in demanding answers from the Louisville Police Department," the attorney said in a statement on Twitter last week.
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