Shot dead by the police: Will Breonna Taylor ever get justice?

Andrew Buncombe talks to Tamika Palmer about her struggle to secure justice for her daughter, and her efforts to prevent such a fate befalling other people of colour

Tamika Palmer says she will not give up fighting for her daughter (Getty)

Sheila Price was woken by the sound of commotion. Of gunshots. When she stepped on to her balcony, she understood why. Barely 100ft from her home, she could see and hear armed police, their weapons drawn on a young black man, screaming at him to put his hands in the air. She watched as he got to his knees, and they ran in to arrest him. 

“They put him down on his knees, they handcuffed him, and walked him to the car,” recalls the 52-year-old teacher. “And then next thing you know, SWAT trucks come through, and they go through the apartment.

“They roped off the rest of the complex, and that was it. I went all quiet after that.”