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How The Ire of White Supremacy Is Rewarding Breonna Taylor’s Killers
As a weary nation that’s still in the depths of despair from the ongoing ravages of COVID, simultaneously battles the domestic terrorism of back-to-back mass shootings and hate crimes in the form of police brutality, we’re also reminded of the trauma stemming from systemic injustice, that remains unchecked.
As a Black woman in America, my trigger centers are alighted whenever the memory of Sandra Bland resurfaces. Each year, since 2015, the anniversary of her death serves as the searing evidence of how she was mercilessly brutalized by the uniformed thug, who violently dragged an unarmed Black woman out of her car with intentions of ruining her.
Breonna Taylor didn’t survive the violent home invasion in the ungodly hour of the night, when she and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker were rudely awakened by plain-clothed Louisville police officers, storming their space in the blinding darkness, armed and ready to kill.
A gunfight ensued between stealth cops, who bulldozed their way into the apartment with the abhorrent “no-knock warrant” and Taylor’s boyfriend, who was eventually apprehended after shooting one of the officers in the leg.
Breonna Taylor was hit multiple times and died from gunshot wounds. There’s still inconsistencies about the response time of…
