[ [link removed] ]Justice for Breonna Taylor
[ [link removed] ]Breonna Taylor & Mom

[ [link removed] ]Demand Mayor Greg Fischer fire and the officers responsible be
charged for Breonna Taylor's death!

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Dear Friend,

On March 13th, Breonna Taylor was in her home in Louisville, Kentucky,
when officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) broke
through her door without even knocking, fired off more than 20 bullets,
and shot Breonna eight times, killing her in her bed. [1]

All three of the police officers involved, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, Brett
Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove, are still employed by the LMPD and no
charges have been filed. Instead the police department spent a month
painting Breonna Taylor as a criminal, a suspect, which they later had to
walk back when they admitted that she was innocent and had committed no
crime.  

[ [link removed] ]Demand that Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer fire and that the officers
responsible be charged for Breonna Taylor's death! 

The police were looking for drugs they never found, reportedly trafficked
by a person who did not live with Breonna or even in her complex. The
actual address was for a location ten miles away and for someone they
already had in custody. [2] 

As an essential worker, Breonna went to work every day standing on the
frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic committed to helping people and being
of service. The devastating irony of this is that Breonna survived the
pandemic that disproportionately kills Black people, only to have her life
stolen by police. [3]

[ [link removed] ]“It's hard to breathe without her.” - Tamika Palmer, Breonna’s mother. 
#SayHerName and take action now. 

Breonna loved to help people. She worked tirelessly as an award-winning
EMT and first responder in Louisville. Her mother Tamika Palmer said, “You
don’t like to call people perfect, but she really was perfect. She did
everything right as far as trying to be a kid coming into an adult life.
She loved to help people, she loved to be around family. She loved life
and she was just figuring hers out. She was just getting started.” [4]

Last Friday on what would have been her 27th birthday, Breonna’s mother
took the day off as she does every year, except this year, instead of
celebrating, she was mourning the death of her daughter by the Louisville
Metro Police Department (LMPD). [5]

Breonna should be alive. She should be here with us today, relishing in
the celebration that was to be her 27th birthday. Instead, her life was
tragically taken and her friends and family have yet to find justice. 

[ [link removed] ]Breonna’s family deserves answers. We must demand justice for Breonna
Taylor.

“I want justice for her. I want them to say her name. There’s no reason
Breonna should be dead at all.” - Tamika Palmer, Breonna’s mother. 

The LMPD’s has had issues before that continue now after Breonna’s death.
One law enforcement officer was caught on camera Friday night shooting
rubber bullets at a reporter. On Saturday, police ransacked a “hazardous”
supply of milk and water protesters had set aside. And Sunday, officers
fired tear gas at peaceful protestors 40 minutes before the city’s curfew
went into effect. [6]

We cannot allow Mayor Fischer to be silent and inactive on this, and
issues related to the LMPD. We must demand that Mayor Fischer fire the
officers involved in Breonna Taylor's murder, and that they be charged
with murder. The fact that these officers are still employed, and the
family of Breonna Taylor has been given no answers, is immoral and an
egregious miscarriage of justice.  

As long as officers who commit crimes are not held accountable, none of
our communities are safe! 

[ [link removed] ]Sign on to demand that Mayor Greg Fischer fire the officers who
murdered Breonna Taylor and that they be charged with her murder!

Please forward this email to friends, family members, and everyone who is
outraged by Breonna’s murder and ask them to sign, too. We will deliver
our demands supported by your signatures directly to Mayor Fischer and the
Louisville Metropolitan Police Department. 

#BlackLivesMatter!

- Beatriz, Monifa, Gloria, Kristin and the rest of the MomsRising Team

 

CITATIONS:

[1] [ [link removed] ]The No Knock Warrant For Breonna Taylor Was Illegal

[2] [ [link removed] ]Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death

[3] [ [link removed] ]COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

[4] [ [link removed] ]Justice For Breonna

[5] [ [link removed] ]‘It helps me know that I am not in it alone anymore’: Breonna
Taylor’s mother on her daughter and protests

[6] [ [link removed] ]Louisville Is Still Demanding Justice for Breonna Taylor

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