March 13th around 12:40 in the morning,
Louisville Metro Police entered
Brianna Taylor's apartment.
Officers had a no knock search warrant,
though they say they announced themselves.
Officers then say they were
shot at and they shot back.
Taylor was shot 8 times and was killed.
Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker,
was charged with attempted
murder for shooting at police.
March 16th her family speaks out for the
first time. This is not a woman
who would sacrifice her life.
And her family morals and values
to sell drugs on the street.
The family says Walker shot at
officers in self defense and that
they were looking for someone who
didn't live at Brianna's apartment.
March 26th Kenneth Walker was released from
jail and put under house arrest. May
11th the next big update comes.
We learn. Brianna Taylor's
family had hired Benjamin Crump,
a high profile civil rights attorney.
This is when we started seeing
Taylor's case get national attention.
We also learn more about the shooting
from Brianna Taylor's family,
the news organization,
TMX shared this interview with us.
Then I could hear Keeney just like screaming,
crying and they were shooting from outside
the house like this was the wild Wild West.
May 13th the No Knock search warrant
an affidavits in connection with
Taylor's death were released a couple
things we learn from that Taylor
wasn't the main subject of the warrant.
One of the main suspects have
been charged the same morning.
Taylor was killed and police said
they announced themselves and
not at the apartment.
Taylor's attorney said that witnesses
could prove that wasn't true.
LAPD's, then chief Conrad,
said the investigation was almost finished.
May 21st FBI Louisville announced they
opened an investigation into Taylor's death.
Chief Conrad also announced he
would retire at the end of June.
May 26th,
a judge dismissed charges
against Kenneth Walker.
Commonwealth attorney asked for
it because he believed they
needed to investigate more.
May 28th we finally get to hear
Kenneth Walker's call to 911 from
the night of Brianna's death.
Open all doors. Are those aren't
always happy somebody kicked in
the door inside my girlfriend
that same night?
Protest started in downtown
Louisville. Their block.
To hear loud pop pops,
things got violent.
Protests have continued every
night since then. June 1st,
another flashpoint. Restaurant
owner David Mcatee is shot and killed
by a National Guardsman as law
enforcement try to enforce curfew.
Officials say Mcatee shot first.
We learned that two LAPD officers
involved in the shooting didn't have
their body cams on and hours later,
Mayor Greg Fischer Fire Chief Steve Conrad.
June 11th Brianna's Law is signed
banning no knock warrants in Louisville.
It was passed unanimously by Metro Council.
On June 19th,
LAPD in the mayor announced one of
three officers in the case would be fired.
According to his termination letter,
Brett Hankinson violated procedure
when he fired 10 rounds into Taylor's
apartment as they were executing a
search warrant the night of her death,
the FBI returned to Brianna
Taylor's apartment that same day
as part of their investigation.
Five days later, on June 24th,
Hankerson appealed his firing June 27th,
gunshots in Jefferson Square.
A man opens fire in the protests shooting
two people, one of them Louisville.
Photographer Tyler Gurth died.
Police cleared out Jefferson
Square that next morning,
banning overnight protests and removing
tents and items with little warning.
Girths father spoke to protesters
later that day,
my wife warned him not to
come down 'cause he,
you know, yesterday in particular
'cause he thought it would
be dangerous, but he said no.
I just need to feel the need to go down and.
Support, you know the injustices
and and what's going on.
And I want to document that
the suspect 23 year old, Steven Lopez,
was arraigned in court on June
30th and charged with Garth death.
Witnesses said Lopez is
a regular at the park and it
caused problems before he
reportedly had an argument with
someone not girth on June 27th
when he returned to the square.
Police say video surveillance shows him
grabbing a gun from another protester
and then firing into the crowd.
Look at Lopez's record reveals previous
runnings with police As for girth family,
his sisters say they hope his
legacy lives on through the photos.
He captured Earth and
a number of striking photos that
he was able to capture that really
touched the historical importance of
what we're going through right now.
And I think he wanted to be
on the right side of history.