Suing the city? Yes
The settlement they took in this particular case ? HELL NO!?
Mind you the settlement was signed before the officers were charged.
It was a blatant effort to stifle public anger and lessen the impact should they bring a weak indictment following the Grand Jury. And after they signed that's exactly what happened, they moved to cover it up and sweep it under the rug.
One condition of the settlement was that her mother/family cannot sue the city in the future. The officers weren't charged with her death AT ALL. Only 1 officer was charged due to the grand jury and it was an indictment for wanton endangerment due to the bullets penetrating the walls of Breonna's apartment possibly endangering her neighbors. The city and Police department also were not required to admit any fault in the incident or cover any medical expenses related to the shooting. Not 1 of the 3 officers were charged with murder or anything else only the endangerment for the 1 particular officer. It came to light that the jury were never presented any options for charges except wanton endangerment. One juror also says the grand jury wanted to consider additional charges against the officers but was told there wouldn’t be anymore because prosecutors felt they couldn’t make them stick. grand jurors petitioned to release the recordings and allow jurors to speak out publicly about the sham jury. The FBI is currently still investigating the proceedings for wrong doing.
They fucked up signing that settlement, it was nothing more than an attempt to stop a discovery from happening and preventing the family from forcing it to trial under criminal court after the ensuing cover up. City settled to stop cops from being properly charged and then trumped up bullshit charges to finish the cover up and taxpayers foot the bill instead of seeing real justice.
"Attorney Aguiar, representing the Taylor family, tells ABC News in a statement that after listening to the recordings, “the grand jury was great. [They] paid attention, asked important questions, sought critical evidence that was not made available to them, had critical observations, and they were stonewalled every step of the way by a prosecution team that had a predetermined outcome and a disingenuous agenda.”
I would have never accepted a civil settlement before criminal charges were brought forth. I staunchly believe it will always make justice harder to obtain if not outright preventing it from happening.
