A plane banner flew over downtown Louisville, Kentucky, to remind all who saw that the city's police department took the life of someone whose work had been deemed essential amid the COVID-19 pandemic when they killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor.
The banner was courtesy of UltraViolet, a nonprofit geared toward ending sexism; Color of Change, a racial justice group; and Black Lives Matter Louisville.
Taylor was killed during a botched raid when three officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) entered her apartment while she and boyfriend Kenneth Walker were sleeping and fired 22 shots.
Regarding the rhetoric surrounding calls to defund the police, Louisville resident Greg Tichenor, who watched the banner fly through the city, explained to WLKY what the term means to him.
I cannot tolerate this type of conduct by any member of the Louisville Metro Police Department.
