Breonna Taylor Case Spurs Police Overhaul Tied Up in Labor Talks

As Americans protest a grand jury’s decision not to file murder charges against the Louisville, Kentucky, police officers who killed Breonna Taylor, the city is negotiating with its police union over a contract that will determine whether all the reforms promised in a settlement with her family can be implemented.

Some of the proposed changes that came as part of the agreement, which also provides a $12 million payment to Taylor’s family, the largest for police misconduct in the city’s history, will require a new union contract or approval from the Fraternal Order of Police. Those include annual random ...