Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend files federal suit against Louisville PD

Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Louisville Police Department of excessive force and unlawful search in her death.

Kenneth Walker filed the suit in US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on Friday — one day before the one-year anniversary of Taylor’s death during a botched police raid, the Courier-Journal reported.

Walker, who also has a pending state lawsuit over the March 13, 2020, shooting, claims in the new federal filing that Louisville police bear “direct responsibility” over Taylor’s death.