Explosive allegations from the family lawyers for #BreonnaTalyor linking her killing to City of Louisville efforts to buy up property in an area planned for a major redevelopment.

Police hasten displacement & gentrification in target areas thru overpolicing but this is shocking. https://twitter.com/_blusummers/status/1280073195253493760

In recent years, we've seen #ATX police give $ to community groups & academics to get buy-in for increased patrols down E. 12th, in Rundberg & now along E. Riverside as these areas gentrified.

This is part of how police have contributed to our declining black population.

Here's a good thread examining the role of policing in gentrification designed to displace existing residents. https://twitter.com/BrendenBeck/status/1280169672906731522?s=19