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· Louisville, KY

Lawsuit alleges Louisville police withheld Breonna Taylor body-cam footage

In July 2021, Sam Aguiar, an attorney for Breonna Taylor’s family, filed a lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department. The suit alleges that LMPD may have withheld body-camera footage from the night Taylor was killed on March 13, 2020, and that authorities may have presented misinformation about the existence of such footage. The lawsuit states officers were issued Axon body cameras programmed to activate automatically, and requests release of body-camera information under Kentucky’s public records law. The article notes Louisville had agreed to a $12 million settlement with Taylor’s family in 2020.

$12,000,000Settlementreportednot on THE TABSettlement with Taylor's family from 2020; separate from the camera lawsuit.

Sources

  1. Louisville police may have withheld Breonna Taylor body-cam footage from night of her death, lawsuit says — The Washington Post, Jul 10, 2021 (washingtonpost.com)[archive]

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