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Louisville Settles With Family For 12 Million dollars, Plus Police Repairs

The important settlement comes as the family waits to see if the A accused officers will be charged.

The City of Louisville announced that it has settled with the Briona Taylor family for up to $ 12 million, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported Tuesday afternoon (Sept.15). This amount is the largest ever for a black victim of police violence. This comes while waiting to announce charges against the officers who shot her to death in March during a failed drug raid.

The settlement was announced in Mayor Greg Fisher's office with the Taylor family and their attorneys Ben Crump, Sam Aguiar and Lonita Baker all together. It does not acknowledge any wrongdoing on the part of the city of the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department.

"What we have been able to achieve today is important, but it is part of one class," said Baker.

"It is important to note that the financial settlement was insignificant without police reform. It is important for her family to reduce the risk of what happened to Briona Taylor to any other family in Louisville, Kentucky."

The deal also came with the implementation of several policy reforms in addition to what is also called the "Briona Act", including the requirement that search warrants be approved by police chiefs before a judge could see them.

It would also award housing credits to Louisville Metro Police Department officers who agree to live within the city and seek authority to test drugs and alcohol for the officers involved in the shooting. Also, social workers will be dispatched with police officers in cases where help is needed in case of mental or emotional distress, and an early warning system to identify officers with red flags.

The news comes after the recent announcement that Taylor could be heard by a grand jury early this week. According to reports, Kentucky Attorney Daniel Cameron is expected to bring the case to an unknown location. Once the grand jury makes a decision, Cameron will make a public announcement sharing the findings of his office and the grand jury decision on possible indictments of the three officers who killed Taylor.

On March 13, Louisville police officers Brett Hankson, Miles Cosgrove, and Jonathan Mattingly executed a "no-beating" warrant in Taylor's apartment, which she shared with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker. Believing they were intruders, Walker fired his weapon, and officers' gunfire ensued. An officer was wounded, but Taylor was wounded eight times and died.

The police raid found no drugs in Taylor's apartment and was not the target of the investigation. Instead, it was her ex-boyfriend Gamarchus Glover who was being pursued by the police, who had been arrested earlier that same night.

The officers have not faced any criminal charges yet, despite Hankson being shot for 10 "blind" shots fired at Taylor's apartment from outside, according to the termination letter.

Although he praised the settlement and the reforms that came with it, Crump said the family continues to demand the immediate arrest of the officers involved.

"We continue to demand that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron bring charges immediately against the police officers who killed Briana Taylor," he said. "Delayed justice is denied justice."