Breonna Taylor might be alive today if a judge had done her job with more scrutiny, a Louisville councilwoman argues.
According to reports, Judge Mary Shaw gave approval for five deadly no-knock warrants in 12 minutes in relation to the drug bust that Taylor had no involvement with, but which cost her life when police invaded her home.
Judge Mary Shaw signed the warrants for Taylor's apartment on Springfield Drive, a suspected drug house, two vacant homes nearby Taylor’s residence and a suspected stash house elsewhere in the city, according to court documents obtained by USA Today.
Louisville Councilwoman Barbara Sexton Smith helped propose and push legislation to ban "no-knock" warrants in Louisville.
"I was very surprised to learn how easily and quickly the deadly 'no-knock' search warrants were signed by Judge Mary Shaw," Smith tells Inside Edition.