Family and friends remember Breonna Taylor on the fifth anniversary of her death at the hands of Louisville police.
Breonna Taylor death leads to police reform agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Louisville, Kentucky
A federal jury has taken a long-awaited step towards justice in the case of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot during a botched police raid in 2020. AP reports that on Friday, a jury convicted Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer, of violating Taylor’s civil rights by recklessly firing shots into her […]
Former Louisville Police Department officer Brett Hankison faces a second federal trial for violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights.
There’s an important update to report concerning the killing of Breonna Taylor. Back in August, a federal judge ruled that two former Louisville police officers, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, were not responsible for the violent death of Breonna Taylor even though they allegedly falsified information in order to obtain the search warrant of her […]
Once again, the case of Breonna Taylor has proven that the American legal system is set up in a way that protects police officers far more than it holds them accountable. According to WDRB, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Simpson ruled Thursday that the second Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot at the cops […]
Listen, we’ve been giving Niecy Nash-Betts her well-deserved flowers for her recent Emmy Award win, but we haven’t said enough about what a real one she is for shouting out over-policed Black women like Breonna Taylor and Sandra Bland during her acceptance speech. Her gesture even caught the attention of Breonna’s mom, who thanked her […]
Brett Hankison's federal civil rights violations case for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor ends in hung jury mistrial.
In today’s episode of You…You Don’t Say, a federal investigation has found that law enforcement in the city of Louisville engages in excessive force and discriminatory practices against its Black citizens. And, when I tell you I am SHOCKED and SHOOKETH and in DISBELIEF and in AWE of this completely unexpected news that no one […]
Breonna Taylor's sister Ju'Niyah Palmer, mother, Tamika Palmer and boyfriend Kenny Walker join 'Red Table Talk' Wednesday. Attorney Benjamin Crump and activist Tamika Mallory also also appear to discuss next steps.
It has been an uphill battle to see even a fraction of the justice Breonna Taylor is owed, but at the very least we can say one cop has finally admitted to committing a crime that led to the 26-year-old’s violent death. According to the Lousiville Courier-Journal, now-former Louisville Metro Police Detective Kelly Hanna Goodlett—one […]
You’ll never convince a cop or a “back the blue” enthusiast that the way police officers go about their duties is wrong and inherently dangerous to the civilians they’re sworn to protect and serve. For example, neither the cases of Breonna Taylor nor Amir Locke seem to have brought cops to glory on the likelihood […]