Six years after Breonna Taylor’s killing, America is weakening the rules that could have saved her

‘What this administration’s quiet reversal tells us is that her death has been processed — grieved, protested, memorialized — and filed away.’ Photograph: Timothy D Easley/AP

The night Breonna Taylor died began quietly.

She had spent the evening at home in Louisville. The 26-year-old was an emergency room technician, someone who worked to prevent other people’s tragedies.