WASHINGTON — At the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Tamika Palmer stood with lawmakers to support legislation named after the daughter she lost nearly six years ago, the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act.

“No mother should ever have to experience that call, that pain or kind of loss,” Palmer said. “No-knock warrants are dangerous. They create confusion, escalate fear.”

Police who served a no-knock search warrant at Taylor’s Louisville home in 2020 said they knocked and announced themselves before breaking down the door.

Taylor’s boyfriend, who fired a shot that struck an officer, said he didn’t know who was there.

Police fired back, killing Taylor.

The Justice for Breonna Taylor Act has Republican and Democratic sponsors in both the House and Senate.

If passed, it would require police officer

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