JUDGE WILL BE HEARING A CASE AND
MAKING A DECISION HOPEFULLY ON
WHAT COMES NEXT IN TERMS OF THAT
FOOTAGE.
>> KATIE, I KNOW YOU WILL BRING
US THOSE UPDATES AS YOU HAVE
THEM.
>>> IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY THE
POLICE DLPT IS THE SECOND TO
FACE A INVESTIGATION UNDER THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER BREONNA
STAI
TAYLOR WAS SHOT AND KILLED,
MERRICK GARLAND SAYS A WIDE
RANGING CIVIL RIGHTS
INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY.
HE SAYS THE INVESTIGATION WILL
BE BROAD AND COVER RACIAL BIAS,
ILLEGAL STOPS AND SERGEARCHES, A
UNREASONABLE FORCE.
POLICE TRAINING, AND POLICIES.
THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE
INVESTIGATION INTO HER DEATH.
I’M JOYED BY HER FAMILY
ATTORNEY.
AND I WILL START WITH YOU, I
WANT TO GET YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT THE DOJ IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE THE LOUISVILLE PD.
INVESTIGATE THE LOUISVILLE PD.
>> IT IS LONG OVERDUE.
>> YOUR DAUGHTER HAS BECOME A
SIMILAR POSSIBLE.
THE WORD HAS COME TO KNOW HER BY
THE WAY SHE WAS TAKEN FROM YOU
AND THE WAY SHE WAS KILLED.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOLKS TO KNOW
ABOUT WHO YOUR DAUGHTER WAS
WHILE SHE WAS HERE?
>> JUST THAT SHE WAS SO MUCH
MORE THAN WHAT PEOPLE SEE ON THE
NEWS.
THAT SHE WENT OUT OF HER WAY TO
TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE.
AND ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR
ANYBODY, AND SHE DIDN’T DESERVE
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
>> THERE IS ALSO STILL AN
ONGOING FBI INVESTIGATION INTO
HER KILLING, HAVE YOU BEEN GIVEN
ANY UPDATE ON WHERE THAT STANDS?
>> WE SPOKE WITH THEM, THE FBI,
PROBABLY A MONTH OR SO AGO JUST
AROUND THE ANNIVERSARY OF
BREONNA’S DEATH.
THEY REACHED OUT TO
[ APPLAUSE ] MRS. PALMER
TO GIVE HER A UPDATE.
THE FINDINGS ARE TO KNOW WHAT
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PROSECUTORS DECIDE TO DO IN
RELATION TO CHARGING THOSE
OFFICERS.
>> AND HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
THAT INVESTIGATION END?
WHAT DOES FULL ACCOUNTABILITY
LOOK LIKE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
AT THIS POINT?
>> OFFICERS CHARGED AND
CONVICTED.
>> ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT IT COULD
END WITH THAT RESULT?
>> I PRAY.
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS
THEY’RE NEGOTIABLES POLICE
REFORM AND THEY WOULD BAN THE
USE OF NO KNOCK WARRANTS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW.
THEY INVOKE THE NAME OF YOUR
FAMILY AS THEY TRY TO NEGOTIATE
THIS LEGISLATION, WHAT DO YOU
WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO KNOW?
>> IN A NO ONE HAS TO DIE FOR
ANY OF THIS FOR PEOPLE TO
REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS.
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO TAKE
THAT.
>> IS THE LAST YEAR BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
FOR YOU?
>> HELL.
>> ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT WE’RE ON
THE PRECIPICE OF CHANGE?
>> I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING
TO GET CHANGE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I DEFINITELY PRAY FOR IT, BUT
AS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, IT HAS
BEEN JUST SLOW.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU AS WE WRAP
UP, SIMON AND SHUSTER SAYS
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO DISTRIBUTE
A BOOK BEING WRITTEN BY ONE OF
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED, BUT A
SMALL INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER WILL
NOW APPARENTLY RELEASE IT.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO PROTECT HER
IMAGE AND HER STORY MOVING
FORWARD?
>> I THINK IT IS PEOPLE HAVE TO
REALIZE THAT HE HAS A MOTIVE IN
TRYING TO RELEASE A BOOK.
AN OFFICER LIED TO GET A SEARCH
WARRANT ON HER APARTMENT.
AN OFFICER FETE SO COMFORTABLE
THAT HE COULD LIE ON A SEARCH
WARRANTEN, AND THAT LEAD TO HER
MURDER.
IT IS UNNECESSARY AND WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THIS BOOK I’M NOT
WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE
LEARNED THE PERSON THAT BREONNA
WAS.
AND SHE IS SOMEONE THAT WANTED
TO HELP PEOPLE, WAS A FAMILY