June 5, 1993 - March 13, 2020
Today, March 13, 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor. She was shot 8 times and killed by Louisville Metro Police during a raid in her own home where she laid asleep with her boyfriend at 1 o'clock in the morning. This was even after being identified as a non-aggressive, "soft" target. She was left to die by police and denied medical help, despite barely clinging to life, showing no threats, and being an outstanding, award-winning emergency medical technician herself.
#SayHerName is a hashtag that was started for people like Breonna, Black women. We are not loved by this Western world. We are often used and then squandered, our lives snuffed out like candles when we show no immediate benefit to our oppressors.
We shared the same city. We lived in the same neighborhood. We knew the same people. My parents went to the same university as Breonna. Her best friend and I are in the some of the same classes. She could have been me.
Do not forget her. Do not stop saying Breonna Taylor.
Do not stop saying her name.
I cannot sit still, fully at peace while her body lays bruised and bullet-riddled knowing that her killers are free.
Her looks do not matter, not now. But, oh how I have wept facing my mirror each day—but especially this morning—thinking of the reason behind her suffering. There was none except for bigotry and hate and the total disregard for human life, the total disregard for a precious Black woman's life.
Please visit JusticeForBreonnaTaylor.org, sign the petition, contact Louisville officials, and exercise your support.
Hold those responsible accountable. Don't stop saying her name. Black lives matter, even when they stop trending.
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