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Justice for Breonna Taylor: Kentucky’s March for Black Women’s Lives
Hundreds gathered in Kentucky’s capital city on Thursday, June 25, 2020 for the March on Frankfort, marking more than 100 days since 26 year old Breonna Taylor, a Black emergency room medic, was killed by Louisville Metro Police officers (LMPD).
Youth led the march with raised fists across the Kentucky River and chanted up the steps of the state capitol demanding criminal charges against LMPD officers Brett Hankison, Jon Mattingly, and Myles Cosgrove.
‘Justice For Breonna Taylor Rally’ replicated the 1964 March on Frankfort, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., against Jim Crow segregation.
Protestors rally in front of Kentucky’s capitol building.
The killings of Black women have tended to receive less media attention than the deaths of Black men. People at the rally chanted Breonna Taylor’s name in an attempt to reverse the lack of attention.
In Louisville, much of the movement for justice over the death of Louisville native Breonna Taylor has been led by Black LGBTQ people. During Pride month instead of celebrating equality with parades, parties and festivals, they are spending their days and nights in the streets of Louisville, advocating for equality, justice and peace.
Rapper Common delivers a poem during the rally on steps of the Kentucky State Capitol on Thursday, June 25, 2020.
Many of those protesting about Breonna Taylor’s murder believe demands for racial justice now have a new and unstoppable urgency.
A protester’s face mask echoes the final words of George Floyd.