Officials in Louisville, Kentucky have agreed to pay $12m to the family of Breonna Taylor; a black woman who was killed in her home by police.
Taylor was 26 when she was shot at least five times and killed on 13 March; during a mistaken drugs raid.
Her name has featured prominently in anti-racism protests in recent months.
Lonita Baker, a lawyer for Taylor’s family, called the settlement just one “layer” in the effort to seek justice; and praised new police reforms.
“Justice for Breonna is multi-layered,” said Ms Baker at a press conference on Tuesday; alongside Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.
She called the agreement “tremendous, but only a portion” of what the family hopes for; including the arrest of the officers involved in her death.
“Today what we did here was to do what we could do to bring a little bit of police reform; and it’s just a start,” continued Ms Baker.
“But we finished the first mile in the marathon and we’ve got a lot more miles to go; to until we achieve and cross that finish line.”
