May 13. 2020

Breonna Taylor

26-year-old Breonna Taylor was shot to death in her sleep, when Louisville, Kentucky police raided her apartment, wrongly identifying her as a suspect in a criminal case. Taylor, who was an EMT, was shot 8 times as she slept.

Civil rights attorney, Benjamin Crump, stated of the incident, "You can't walk while black. With Ahmaud, you can't jog while black. Driving while black. But Breonna Taylor was sleeping while black in the sanctity of her own home."

Crump has filed a lawsuit against three Louisville Metro Police Department police officers regarding the shooting. Crump is representing Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer. Police did no due diligence, entered the wrong home and opened fire. They must be held accountable for these actions, as an innocent woman has lost her life.

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'Sleeping While Black'; Louisville Police Kill Unarmed Black Woman

May 13, 20206:33 PM ET - Attorneys for the family of Breonna Taylor call her shooting death by Louisville police an "execution." Taylor was asleep in her apartment in March when police burst into her home to serve a search warrant. The case is gaining national attention, and this week civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump announced he had been hired by Taylor's family.

Crump has represented the families of other black shooting victims, including Trayvon Martin and, currently, Ahmaud Arbery, whose alleged shooters in Georgia were arrested last week after video of the February incident became public. Like Taylor, Martin and Arbery were unarmed when they were shot and killed. Crump called Arbery's murder a lynching...

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