(12 Dec 2024)
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Louisville, Kentucky – 12 December 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s mother:
"Again, like she said, we have a history of putting things on paper and not moving the needle. So we have to stay on top of the situation and definitely make sure that they are doing just what they say that they are doing. And again, we need to see the full (unintelligible) and understand exactly what it is that they’re saying is going to do."
(Reporter: "What’s it going to take to give you confidence that the needle will move?"
Palmer: "Action. I mean, action, people, we’ve been talking since 2020. And again, some things have happened very slowly, some not at all. So we definitely have to see action."
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(Reporter: "This is one of those things where they say people on the street are going to need to feel. Do you think in the past four years that the people on the streets have started to feel anything?")
Palmer: "No. No, we haven’t. We keep dying. And we keep being that we are not handled correctly. So I don’t think we have felt anything. I do think that I pray and I pray and pray some more that we are going to move forward, that we are not going to continue to lose lives to the police. I pray that the police aren’t continued to be hurt at the hands of us. It’s not a thing to handcuff them. It’s simply to ask them to handle all of us with care in a manner that should be handled across the board by everyone."
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STORYLINE:
The U.S. Justice Department and the city of Louisville have reached an agreement to reform the city’s police force after an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.
That is according to an announcement on Thursday.
The consent decree, which must be approved by a judge, follows a federal investigation that found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community.
Breonna Taylor‘s mother, Tamika Palmer, said the goal is to move forward.
"We have a history of putting things on paper and not seeing real change, so we have to stay vigilant and make sure they are doing exactly what they say they will do," Palmer said.
Palmer said she wants to see action and prays that no more lives are lost to the police.
"I pray that police aren’t hurt at the hands of us. It’s not about handcuffing them," she said. "It’s about asking them to handle all of us with care in a manner that should be applied to everyone across the board."
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