The Breonna Taylor injustice reminds us that America still disregards Black women
One of the greatest blessings of my life is that I’ve spent much of it surrounded by incredible Black women.
From my mother, aunts and grandmother to my fiancée, close friends and colleagues, Black women have been paramount in shaping me into the man I am today. I credit them with loving me, nurturing me, teaching me and holding me accountable when I’ve said or done things that have made them feel disrespected, diminished or misunderstood.
So, when weeks like this happen, when men in suits say their lives don’t matter, it troubles me. The decision to not hold a single police officer accountable for Breonna Taylor’s death sends a clear message: We still don’t care enough about Black lives, especially Black women’s lives.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron shocked no one I knew on Sept. 23 when he announced that a grand jury indicted only one of three Louisville police officers involved in Breonna’s shooting death in March.
Brett Hankinson, who the city fired in June, has been charged with first-degree wanton endangerment because he recklessly sprayed Breonna’s apartment with bullets, potentially endangering her neighbors during his fusillade of gunfire. But, his charges don’t hold him responsible for killing Breonna, a…
