Beyonce demands justice for Breonna Taylor in open letter to Kentucky attorney general:
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'Demonstrate the value of a black womans life'
Though many have complained that the death of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old EMT worker fatally shot on March 13 by officers from Kentuckys Louisville Metro Police Department serving a no-knock search warrant to her home as she slept, has long been overlooked, her family now have a powerful new ally: Beyoncé.
On Sunday, the singer who last week said the deaths of Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery had left us all broken during her address to graduates for YouTubes Dear Class of 2020 livestream shared an open letter shes written to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron demanding justice for her family, who have not been able to take time to process and grieve.
In the
letter posted to her website, the Freedom singer noted that three months have passed since Taylors death and zero arrests have been made, and no officers have been fired, a reference to the three policemen, officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankinson and Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, who fired into her apartment. According to a lawsuit filed by Taylors family, the officers shot 20 rounds into the home eight striking an unarmed Taylor as she slept as they exchanged gunfire with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who has said he took them to be intruders.
Pointing to inconsistencies in the case, which is still under investigation, Beyoncé added her name to those in the #SayHerName movement calling for criminal charges to be filed against the officers involved. She also pressed Cameron to commit to transparency while investigating and prosecuting the three men, and to review the pervasive practices used in LMPDs interactions with people of color.
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