Breonna Taylor was killed by police who entered her apartment and shot her at least eight times. Here's how to demand justice for her death and where to donate.
, a 46-year-old Black man, surfaced online in late May, people across the world have taken to the streets en masse to participate in protests and uprisings against the police and the deep-seeded racism and anti-Blackness that the institution perpetuates.
As the public mourns and lifts up the names of countless Black victims of police brutality, Breonna Taylor has also entered the mainstream lexicon. In mid-March this year, the emergency medical technician from Louisville, Kentucky, was killed by police after they forcefully entered her home on a drug warrant, striking her more than eight times with gunfire after her boyfriend, fearing for their safety, shot at one of the officer’s legs.
Shortly after midnight on March 13, police forcefully entered her home on a drug warrant. Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who was also in the apartment, thought their home was being broken into and fired at the doorway when police entered, wounding one officer in the leg,reported. In response, the police squad fired more than 20 rounds into the apartment, striking Taylor more than eight times, killing her.
According to police court records, Taylor was not the main target of the search warrant Louisville Metro Police Department acquired for their drug case. They were investigating two men suspected of selling drugs about 10 miles away from Taylor’s home. However, they obtained a warrant out of Taylor’s apartment because they believed one of the suspects was receiving drug shipments there, thereported.
Walker was arrested and charged for attempted murder, but the charges were dismissed in late May, according to
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