Following Taylor’s death, the US limited no-knock warrants. But the Trump administration has quietly rescinded those limits
The night Breonna Taylor died began quietly.
She had spent the evening at home in Louisville. The 26-year-old was an emergency room technician, someone who worked to prevent other people’s tragedies.
After midnight, police officers arrived at her apartment with a warrant. They moved quickly, forcing open the door.
Inside, Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, did not yet know who had entered the home. (Police claim they knocked and identified themselves; Taylor’s boyfriend, as well as several neighbors, said they didn’t hear it.) In the seconds that followed – confusion, shouting, a single gunshot from Walker, who believed intruders had broken in – officers fired at least 10 shots back. Taylor was struck multiple times. She died there in the hallway.
