They have ravaged the downtown of Kentucky’s largest city, where businesses and government offices are boarded up. The top demand of the protesters who gather nightly in a downtown square has been that criminal charges be brought against the three white officers who shot into Ms. Taylor’s home. If no charges are brought, or if the charges are minor, the settlement announced this week may be the closest Ms. Taylor’s family comes to justice. “The city obviously doesn’t have the power to bring charges, which still rests in the hands of the attorney general. A handful of other settlements have ranged from $18 to $13 million, but many families were forced to spend years litigating their loss in court.

Source: New York Times September 15, 2020 16:30 UTC