Friday marks what would’ve been Breonna Taylor‘s 27 th birthday. So folks across the country are composing birthday cards for her and sending them to the Kentucky attorney general of the United States and Louisville mayor to require justice for her killing.
Taylor, 26, dreamed of being a nurse prior to three Louisville City cops gunned her down in her own home on March13 The Louisville Courier Journal reports that the Louisville Metro Authorities Department got a “no-knock” warrant to browse her home in relation to a narcotics investigation, though the house where the main suspects apparently offered drugs was more than 10 miles away from Taylor’s apartment or condo.
Taylor was in bed with her partner, Kenneth Walker, when authorities utilized a damaging ram to enter their apartment shortly after midnight. Though the officers stated they revealed themselves regardless of the “no-knock” warrant, Walker refuted the claim that they knocked and said he fired his gun in self-defense.
The cops fired back, striking Taylor a minimum of 8 times. They have actually not been charged for the shooting and are currently on administrative reassignment.
Cate Young, a Los Angeles-based movie critic originally from Trinidad and Tobago, arranged a day of remembrance and action for Taylor. Feeling specifically connected with Taylor because her mom shares the very same birthday, Young got in touch with people to compose letters, contribute and sign a Change.org petition requiring justice for Taylor as a “present” to her memory.
Though Young, 29, doesn’t arrange routinely, she said she couldn’t stand by and see Taylor’s name become a footnote in history. She told HuffPost that she’s tired of seeing Black women’s stories placed on the back burner when they’re victims of cops cruelty, particularly because Black females always appear to fight versus systemic racism.
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