Via press release from the McGrath campaign
McGrath Statement on Breonna Taylor Announcement
An announcement from the attorney general about the Breonna Taylor case is coming soon.
Breonna Taylor’s death is a heart-wrenching tragedy that has caused so much suffering for her family and our state. The grief from this loss spread across the country and spurred countless Americans to stand up and work for change.
I understand this call for change and share the urgency to address the systemic racial injustices that exist. And we must do so while maintaining peaceful streets. It doesn’t serve anyone when we tear down the very communities that we love or harm each other.
From the settlement last week between Breonna’s family and the city of Louisville, we have seen some steps in the right direction. Commanding officers will now need to review and give written approval of all search warrants and there will be a mandatory presence of EMS/paramedics for all search warrants. These changes combined with the Metro Council’s ban of no-knock search warrants means our citizens and police officers will be safer moving forward.
We can’t stop here, though.
Now is a time for our community and this nation to heal and to work for social justice in honor of Breonna and of all Kentucky’s children. As a Marine and as a mother, there is nothing more important to me than working to ensure a fairer, safer, more equitable future.
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