We Still Need Justice For Breonna Taylor

It’s been about 103 days since the brutal murder of Breonna Taylor, an African-American emergency room technician, at the hand of Louisville, KY police. Unfortunately, no arrest or conviction has been made despite a public outcry for justice and we want to know why?

Just after midnight, on March 13, Taylor was sleeping in her Louisville, KY apartment with boyfriend Kenneth Walker, when three police officers barged in, executing a no-knock warrant.

After waking up due to the invasion, Walker, licensed to carry, and police exchanged gun fire. Though he did injure sergeant Jonathan Mattingly, more than 20 shots were fired; eight of which hit Taylor killing her.

According to Louisville Metro Police Department, the target of their arrest warrant were two man by the name of Jamarcus Glover and Adrian Walker. The men were suspected of selling drugs approximately 10 miles from Taylor’s residence and a warrant was issued to search Taylor’s residence under the belief that drugs were being distributed outside her home as well. Despite this belief, no drugs were ultimately found at Taylor’s residence the night of the invasion.

Also present on the scene were detective, Brett Hankison, and officer, Myles Cosgrove.

Upon learning of the deadly shooting of Taylor; an innocent bystander to the tragic events, and with protests already ensued due to the death of unarmed Minneapolis Black resident George Floyd at the hands of police (May 25), there have been growing demands for a proper investigation, arrest and conviction of Taylor’s murderers.

Adding insult to injury, the official police report, almost entirely blank,  indicated that Taylor was not injured and there was no forced injury despite Taylor’s death and evidence that proved otherwise.

The three officers were later placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

It wasn’t until June 19, 2020 when it was announced that detective Hankison would be terminated for using  deadly force, going against department protocol and for reckless conduct.

Kenneth Walker was previously arrested and faced criminal charges for shooting sergeant Mattingly but was later released due to lack of supporting evidence against him. However, Walker’s attorney,  expressed concern about whether he’d be charged again later down the road during the course of the trial and case. He has since filed a notion to dismiss all charges and for LMPD Chief, Steve Conrad, to give Walker immunity under Kentucky’s stand-your-ground law.

Conrad would later be fired after another unarmed Black civilian, David McAtee, was killed at the hand of LMPD.

On May 29, Louisville Mayor, Greg Fisher, would put an indefinite end to no-knock warrants.

Yet, there has yet to be an official arrest and conviction for the murder of Taylor.

Join us in demanding justice for Breonna Taylor by visiting the official website, Stand With Bre.

[Source NY Times, Wiki/Images: standwithbre.com]

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