#SayHerName Puts Spotlight On Black Women Killed By Police
The killings of Black men at the hands of law enforcement have sparked national outrage. But why don't the killings of Black women evoke the same response?
Jun 16, 2020
3 minutes
Three months ago, Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in her apartment.
Two months before George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, Taylor, a 26-year old Black emergency medical technician, was in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, when plain-clothed police burst in with a no-knock warrant. Her boyfriend, thinking they were intruders, fired a shot.
The police returned with a barrage of bullets, killing Taylor. The three Louisville Metro Police Department officers involved have not been charged.
Taylor’s death hasn’t sparked the
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