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LOUISVILLE, Ky. โ First, Oprah Winfrey put Breonna Taylor on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine. Now the media mogul is spreading her message with billboards demanding justice for the Kentucky woman shot to death during a police raid.
Twenty-six billboards displaying a portrait of Taylor are going up across Louisville, Kentucky, demanding that the police officers involved in her death be arrested and charged, according to social justice organization Until Freedom. Thatโs one billboard for every year of the Black womanโs life.
The billboards, funded by the magazine, showcase the magazine cover dedicated to Taylor, the Courier Journal reported. Also displayed is a quote from Winfrey: โIf you turn a blind eye to racism, you become an accomplice to it.โ
Until Freedom thanked the Oprah magazine for its work on the billboards.
โTogether, we will make sure no one forgets #BreonnaTaylorโs name and recommit to the fight for justice for her and her family,โ the group said in a tweet.
A National Reckoning Over Racism and Police Brutality
Taylor, an emergency medical tech studying to become a nurse, was shot multiple times March 13 when police officers burst into her Louisville apartment using a no-knock warrant during a narcotics investigation. The warrant to search her home was in connection with a suspect who did not live there and no drugs were found.
Kenneth Walker, Taylorโs boyfriend, was originally charged with attempted murder after he fired a shot at one of the officers who came into the home. Walker has said he didnโt know who was entering the apartment and was firing a warning shot. The charge was later dropped.
Global protests on behalf of Taylor, George Floyd in Minnesota and others have been part of a national reckoning over racism and police brutality. Tensions have swelled in Taylorโs hometown and beyond as activists, professional athletes and social media stars push for action while investigators plead for more patience.
The decision whether to bring state-level criminal charges against the Louisville officers rests with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. He took the Taylor case after a local prosecutor recused himself from reviewing the matter. One of the officers has been terminated and two other officers are on administrative reassignment.
Cameron, the first African American elected to the attorney generalโs job in Kentucky, has declined to put a timetable on his decision since taking over the case in May.
What Will Those Ballistics Tests Show?
Cameron told the Courier Journal in a Thursday interview that his office is waiting for information on ballistics tests the FBI has been conducting.
โAn integral part of this investigation is: What will those ballistics tests show? And so we are in the process of trying to get that information back from the FBI,โ he told the Louisville newspaper.
The FBI field office in Louisville said Friday that a โsignificant amount of ballistic evidenceโ was collected when investigators returned to Taylorโs apartment in June.
โThis evidence is being tested and analyzed at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia,โ the FBIโs Louisville office said in a statement. โOnce the FBI Laboratory has completed its findings, FBI Louisville will promptly share our results with the attorney generalโs office.โ
Christopher 2X, an anti-violence activist in Louisville, told reporters this week that heโs encouraged by the commitment that FBI officials locally and nationally have shown to the case. He commented after participating in a meeting at the FBIโs Louisville office.
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