Who Murdered Breonna Taylor? We All Murdered Breonna Taylor
The Breonna Taylor ruling last week effectively allowed the police accused of her murder go uncharged for a horrendous crime that should not have ever happened.
The judicial farce was yet another example of bias against black lives that has become commonplace and that reinforces the stark racial divisions that characterize American political and civic culture. This historic racial division began in the poisoned womb of slavery and extends now into the final year of the first term of the Trump administration.
When the ruling was handed down — identifying that only one of the three Louisville police officers would face charges related Taylor’s death — a poignant gasp of incredulity was heard audibly from the national black community.
This was also the same day officials in Louisville unleashed reports attempting to tarnish Taylor’s reputation. The reports implied Taylor associated herself with known perpetrators of street crime. They suggested Taylor aided and abetted thug life. The mudslinging against Taylor also sought to establish her as a person who romantically befriended drug dealers and violent miscreants.
The besmirching of Taylor was the latest blow against her — a person whose life was lost at a young age for crimes she did not commit. Attorney Ben Crump’s…
