Posts Tagged ‘Breonna Taylor’
It’s been a year, and there’s still no justice for Breonna Taylor
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death at the hands of Louisville police. It was a senseless death—one that showed Black Lives simply don’t matter. The cops allegedly lied to get a no-knock warrant to bust into her apartment that night, even though she was a medical worker with no criminal record. But…
Read More The charges in the Breonna Taylor case don’t add up
Former Louisville Police Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment in the incident that killed Breonna Taylor. But no one, including Hankison, has been charged with killing her. That is not justice, and in my view, there should be no peace. Hankison faces up to five years on each count…
Read More Solomon talks SCOTUS, Breonna Taylor and … turkey bacon?
Paying Breonna Taylor’s family is not justice
I’m glad the city of Louisville agreed to pay Breonna Taylor’s family $12 million dollars. Months after Taylor was killed by police in her own home. It’s the largest settlement ever paid in the killing of a black woman by police. And as Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said of Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, “I cannot…
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