Like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor was killed during a police intervention, and for Beyoncé, it is time for justice to be done. The 26-year-old paramedic was at home with her boyfriend when officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) entered (without announcing themselves) looking for a drug dealer (who was already behind bars at the police station) ) and fired more than 20 times, hitting Breonna Taylor eight times. Breonna Taylor died instantly, when she had absolutely nothing to blame herself for. A scandal, according to the singer.
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"Three months have passed and no arrests have been made, no officers have been dismissed. The Louisville police investigation has been forwarded to your office, but all of the officers involved in the killing remain employed by the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD). With each death at the hands of the police, there are two tragedies: death in itself, and inaction and delays in the investigations to elucidate this death. We have a chance to end this pattern. Make a quick and decisive decision by charging these officers. The next few months should not be like the last three, ”she wrote, to the attention of the Kentucky Attorney General, in an open letter posted on its official website.
Never again
After the death of George Floyd on May 25, the death of Breonna Taylor also became a symbol of police violence in the United States and the impunity of certain agents when they commit abuses. Following the death of the young woman, the city of Louisville has already voted to ban the so-called "No-Knock" interventions, in which the police enter the suspects without announcing themselves, and Senator Rand Paul has already introduced a bill named in honor of Breonna Taylor for this measure to be implemented nationwide.
"I am extremely grateful that people demand justice, and are a voice to honor it. It breaks my heart to see this kind of thing happening all over the world, "Breonna Taylor's mother Tamika Palmer recently told People magazine.
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