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Six months, 27 weeks, 194 days, have passed since Louisville police murdered 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her home on March 13, 2020. After months of nationwide protest and uprisings, and both local and national demands to defund the police, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced today that only one of the three officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor would be indicted, and not actually for Breonna’s murder, but for “wantonly shooting a gun.”
Read Advancement Project National Office's response to the Grand Jury's decision . [[link removed]]
Following the infuriating and unsurprising announcement, we participated in an emergency panel [[link removed]] with Black Lives Matter-Louisville calling on Louisville officials to take immediate action. Our Justice Project Staff Attorney, Ashley Carter, demanded the following:
1. Immediately fire and revoke the pensions of all officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor
2. Divest from Louisville Police Department and invest in Black and Brown communities
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In June, Advancement Project National Office hosted a town hall [[link removed]] featuring activists from Black Lives Matter-Louisville, and celebrities including Regina King [[link removed]] , Sterling K. Brown [[link removed]] and Tessa Thompson [[link removed]] , all who called for the end of no-knock warrants and the defunding of the Louisville Metro Police Department. Together, we released a petition [[link removed]] that rallied over 1,000 individuals to take action on the following demands:
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Defund
the
police
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Require
#PoliceFreeSchools
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End
qualified
immunity
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Ensure
elected
officials
refuse
and
return
police
union
donations
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End
287
(g)
programs
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Provide
reparations
for
state
violence
against
communities
of
color
We collectively continue to make these demands, and will not stop until they are met.
Here's what you can do:
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Watch
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#SayHerName:
A
Town
Hall
for
Breonna
Taylor
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Sign
and
share
our
petition
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to
#DefundPolice
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Visit
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investdivest.org
for
resources
on
how
to
invest
in
Black
and
Brown
communities
and
divest
from
police
*
Watch
our
town
hall
"The
Power
of
Prosecutors:
Know
Before
You
Vote,"
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and
share
our
infographic
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Read
"What
Voters
Need
to
Know
About
Sheriffs"
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and
share
our
infographic
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We know that there is no such thing as police accountability when this country’s legal system is set up to protect and legitimize even the most violent, predatory, and racist acts of the police. Advancement Project National Office vows to continue working with organizers and activists to defund not only the Louisville Police Department, but also police departments nationwide, in order to place us all on a path toward building a world that is #freeandsafe [[link removed]] for people of color.
Join us TOMORROW, September 24 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT for OWN Your Vote: Our Lives Depend On It, Virtual Voters Conversation!
Advancement Project National Office Executive Director Judith Browne Dianis will be in conversation with NAACP, and other allies in the fight for voting rights. It's time to #OwnYourVote !
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Register here [[link removed]] .
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