The family of a woman killed by gunfire last year as Georgia sheriff's deputies executed a drug warrant at her cousin's home announced a federal lawsuit Monday against the sheriff and others, claiming the deadly raid violated the slain woman's civil rights.
Attorneys for the family of 37-year-old Latoya James have argued her death echoes the fatal shooting in 2020 of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Both cases involved Black women killed in shootouts after law officers forced their way into darkened homes with little to no warning.
