PROTECT BLACK WOMEN!
WEAR A DAMN MASK! SAVE A LIFE! TRUST SCIENCE AND MEDICAL EXPERTS! THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS FUCKING REAL!
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW! VOTE THESE DUMBASS LAWMAKERS OUT OF OFFICE! STOP SUPPORTING ALL FORMS OF EXTREMISM!
GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS STRAIGHT UP TRASH! THE BLOGGER INTERFACE IS A TOTAL DISASTER AND IT'S RIDICULOUS!
WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL!
HER NAME IS BREONNA TAYLOR!
The March 2020 incident didn't get much coverage at first, but it took the works of Tamika Mallory and Benjamin Crump to make this a national story and a push for reforms.
We mark one year since the Louisville Metro Police shot and killed Breonna Taylor, an EMT who was sleeping in her home. The cops were believing her ex-boyfriend was staying at the home.
They did a "no knock" warrant on the home and her current boyfriend, Kenneth Walker fired a shot through the door. Upon the shot, the three detectives opened fire on the home and she was struck multiple times.
She died at the scene.
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| Breonna Taylor changed the world. She meant a lot to folks. Now she's memorialized as pioneer for change. |
The Louisville Metro Police denied they committed any wrongdoing. They claimed they were fired upon first and tired to charge Walker for the death. Eventually, the state dropped the charges against Walker under the notion that he was protected by the Castle Doctrine. One cop was injured in the shooting. Walker fired once but the three cops fired up to 30 shots.
The three cops were plainclothes. Myles Cosgrove, Brett Hankison and Jonathan Mattingly were all placed in the freezer shortly after the shooting.
It turns out that they went to the wrong home. Her ex-boyfriend used her address to get his mail. The law was trying to make Jamarcus Glover say that he lived there and claim she held drugs and money for him.
The home was never searched and the cops were trying to conclude they were attacked on.
The situation would soon pick up steam around the time of Ahmad Arbrey and George Floyd's tragic murders.
The Louisville Metro Police fired Hankinson first. He lied on his report on what happened and ended up firing into another home when they were fired on.
The Attorney General of Kentucky, Daniel Cameron, an African American Republican failed to indict the three cops in the shooting. It also lead to protests across the nation. It also brought attention to police brutality and systematic racism.
It did not get rid of Kentucky's longtime senator Mitch McConnell, who decided to side with the cops instead of with Walker who was defending his home or Breonna who was the unlikely victim of gun violence.
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| Kenneth Walker still standing saying "No Justice No Peace!" |
Jurors accused Cameron, a protege of McConnell of orchestrating a coverup. They were trying their hardest to tarnish Breonna's name and make it seem like the guys she dates were the reasons to why she died.
Now one year later, we still have no justice for Breonna.
For all the protests, the naming of roads, bridges, parks and memorials, the calls for reform and the amounts of compensation issued to the families of victims of police violence, they're not coming back.
We need to change!
The world is counting on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to change the narrative.
By passing the George Floyd Police Reform act, we can hopefully make policing safer. We can eliminate no fault shootings. We can make police officers understand neighborhoods and work to improve them. We can call upon city leaders, civil right leaders and Americans to work on solutions to make policing better and safer.
I know this is a lot to handle but if we can improve the way we handle criminal activity, the better.
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