LOUISVILLE, Ky. On June 11, just 13 weeks after Breonna Taylor had been shot dead by Louisville police, her mother stood on the steps of Louisville Metro Hall to praise the city s passage of Breonna s Law.
The ordinance banning no-knock search warrants was a testament to her daughter s agenda to save lives as an ER tech who dreamed of becoming a nurse, Tamika Palmer told a crowd of supporters. I knew she was destined for greatness, she said, her smile beaming. She s showing it. She s showing it.
In the eight months since, versions of Breonna s Law, have been proposed in cities and states across the U.S. from Wisconsin to New Mexico, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Pomona, California.