The conference is being held indoors, reducing the number of people who can be present. Right now, local livestreamers have been prevented from entering. Attorney Sam Aguiar has volunteered to give up his spot so one can go in.
.@louisvillemayor says as part of settlement, Louisville Metro Gov agrees to make several policy changes:
1. Establish a housing credit program to incentivize officers to live within low-income census tracts within the city
2. Create a program to include social workers at LMPD
3. Require a commanding officer to review and approve all search warrants
4. Implement an 'early warning system' that monitors citizen complaints and other factors
The settlement includes a payment to Breonna Taylor's estate of $12 million.
Lonita Baker, an attorney for Breonna Taylor's family, says a financial settlement was "nonnegotiable" without significant police reform.
"And that's what we were able to do today."
"We do thank Mayor Fischer and his team for committing to the reform that is unheard of in these cases," Baker said
But the reforms are not enough alone to achieve justice
"We finished the first mile in a marathon. And we've got a lot more miles to go to cross that finish line"
Ben Crump, who also represents Breonna Taylor's family, says "Regardless of this landmark step on the journey to justice, we still are demanding that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron bring charges immediately against the officers that murdered Breonna Taylor."
"We see that there are two justice systems in America. One for Black America and one for white America. In Louisville, Kentucky, we took significant steps today in the name of Breonna Taylor, trying to correct this broken criminal justice system," Crump said.
.@KeturahHerron to Tamika Palmer: "You deserve closure. You deserve rest. You deserve to be cared for and loved on and supported for the rest of your days. I am grateful you have reached this point of some closure in some of the ways you have asked for."
"We know we are not only fighting against the deadly violence that is integral to policing. We are fighting for a completely different vision of being in community together. We are creating something different." @KeturahHerron
.@louisvillemayor says the settlement was on a different track than any decision from the Kentucky AG's office.
Question about what happens if reforms aren't implemented.
@louisvillemayor: "We need to work with both parties to make sure that it is implemented. Some of them can be done within the police department themselves."
The settlement does not say any wrongdoing was done, @louisvillemayor says.
"It's just an acknowledgement of the need for reform and the need for a settlement to take place."
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As @FBruceWilliams said: "It kills me when people ask, 'Well, what do you want?' ... Why is it so difficult for people to believe (a Black community) wants for its residents the same opportunities, services, convenience and quality in their neighborhood?"
A few hundred people have gathered at Tyler Park for a march organized by @MurphyCartoons. Many here are attending a march for the first time since protests for Breonna Taylor began May 28
“If the president says to white nationalists ‘stand down and stand by,’ we say today ‘stand up and stand with,’” @MurphyCartoons
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I've been covering Breonna Taylor protests in Louisville with @HayesGardner for several months and I really don't want this point to be lost:
Black people here - especially women - are deeply sad. They saw themselves in Breonna. They didn't want to let her down. 1/
Yesterday I saw women who I've formed strong professional relationships with break down, unable to speak. I heard distress and anger in their voices and watched them still work to calm tensions so that destruction would not occur. 2/
Through the night, fires were set outside the Hall of Justice. 127 people were arrested. Two police officers were shot. Those facts and images will likely lead national news reports and coverage. 3/
At least 150 people in the intersection of 6th and Broadway in Louisville following the announcement that just one of 3 officers will be indicted in the Breonna Taylor case
The anger here is palpable. Protesters knew this was a possibility. But now that the decision is here, frustrations are clearly boiling over
Approaching an LMPD point at 5th and Broadway. This is outside the perimeter set up by police downtown
"I do not know what the decision from the AG will be. What is important is that all the facts come out on what occurred on the night of Breonna Taylor's death."
"No matter what Attorney General Cameron announces, I urge everyone to commit once again to a peaceful, lawful response like we've seen for the majority of the past four months." @louisvillemayor
Curfew announced from 9 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Louisville in response to announcement in Breonna Taylor case.
About 20 people protesting now at Mitch McConnell’s home in Louisville. They’re here to speak against the Senate Majority Leader’s statement on the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
A lot of cars are honking as they pass.
One neighbor came out onto his porch.
“If we shout, we’ll shout that way.” A woman in a Ginsberg shirt said.