.JohnLegend: We need to SayHerName: Happy birthday, Breonna Taylor (Op-ed)
A long past due reckoning has arrived on America's doorstep this spring. With protests against police violence in every state in our nation, I've been keeping an eye on Louisville, Kentucky, not far from where I grew up in Ohio. Like so many places, protesters fighting police violence in Louisville have been met by even more violence from the Louisville police. But day after day, the people of Kentucky have shown up,Breonna should be celebrating her 27th birthday today.
Now is the time for us to join together and emphatically SAY HER NAME. Black women created this call to action because we continue to wrongly talk about the generations-long crisis of police and vigilante violence in a gendered way, as if it only happens to Black men.
When the Louisville police were issued an unconstitutional no-knock warrant by a judge, they continued this war. Now the country seems to be on fire, and everyone is asking why. What we need to move forward is accountability. After Breonna's murder, the police department and the prosecutor closed ranks to protect their misconduct. Although District Attorney Thomas B. Wine ultimately dropped charges against Walker, he has not brought charges against the LMPD officers, Sgt.
As we continue to work towards systemic change, I join Breonna's community in the immediate demand for justice: . Until elected officials create consequences for egregious and fatal police misconduct, they will continue to kill us with impunity.
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