Beyonce posted an open letter on her website Sunday to the Kentucky Attorney General in which she called for justice for the late Breonna Taylor: 'Don't let this case fall into the pattern of no action after a terrible tragedy'
The singer posted her letter on her website Sunday in which she demanded justice for the 26-year-old EMT who was fatally shot in her home in March:"Don't let this case fall into the pattern of no action after a terrible tragedy."
Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was fatally shot in March while sleeping her apartment. Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, has stated that three officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department entered her apartment with a no-knock search warrant. Walker says that because he thought the officers were intruders, gunfire was exchanged between him and the LMPD. Over 20 shots were fired into the apartment, including eight shots at Taylor, who was asleep and unarmed.
"While 'Breonna's Law' passed in Louisville and the federal legislation has been introduced that will also ban no-knock warrants, these small steps in the right direction are painful reminders that there has still been no justice for Breonna Taylor or her family," the singer wrote in her letter. "Three months have passed — and the LMPD's investigations have created more questions than answers ... and zero arrests have been made, and no officers have been fired.
She then urged for the Attorney General to bring criminal charges against the three officers involved in the Taylor incident; "commit to transparency in the investigation and prosecution of these officers' criminal conduct"; and "investigate the LMPD's response to Breonna Taylor's murder, as well as the pervasive practices that result in the repeated deaths of unarmed Black citizens.
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