Days continue to pass since the killing of Breonna Taylor, yet the officers responsible for her death continue to walk free and remain employed. While questions go unanswered, celebrities have taken the initiative to urge others to use their voices and demand justice for Taylor and her family, WDAS reported.
The 26-year-old's mom, Tamika Palmer and actresses Tracee Ellis Ross, Jada Pinkett Smith and Kerry Washington joined forces with Lala Anthony, Cardi B, Janelle Monáe, Chloe x Halle, Willow Smith and others to create a campaign video for Until Freedom's Justice For Breonna Taylor campaign.
At the beginning of the video, Palmer recounted the events on the night her daughter was killed inside of her apartment by Louisville Metro Police Department officers.
"Three officers on the Louisville Metro Police Department used a battering ram to knock down her door. They fired 22 times. Eight of those bullets landed in the body of the most essential worker I will ever know," Palmer said.
"Bre was murdered by the Louisville Metro Police Department and after the killed her, they asked me if she had any enemies. No. Absolutely not," Palmer said. "Now the whole city is mad, now the whole world is mad. Breonna should not be dead. Some days I feel like I can't breathe without her."
The recent campaign from the social justice organization hopes to bring awareness to Taylor's case and inform people how they can help in the effort to hold the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and its police department accountable for their officers' conduct on the night of March 13.
Until Freedom co-founder Tamika Mallory listed "tangible demands" for how people can help to bring Taylor's family the justice they deserve.
Mallory urged people to call Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer to demand officers Brett Hankison, Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove be fired from their jobs. Since the shooting, all three officers have remained employed, The Cut reported.
She asked people to call Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and demand he charges the officers responsible for her death. People can also demand interim Police Chief Robert Schroeder to complete his investigation and turn it over to the lawyers for Taylor's family and the attorney general.
Lastly, Mallory put out a call to Louisville residents to demand their city councilmembers vote to ban "no-knock" warrants. On Thursday, however, all 26 members of the council voted unanimously to pass "Breonna's Law," an ordinance banning "no-knock" warrants, as Blavity previously reported. The ordinance must now be passed on to Mayor Fischer, which he is expected to pass "soon as it hits [his] desk."
“This is one of many critical steps on police reform that we’ve taken to create a more peaceful, just, compassionate and equitable community,” Fischer said on Twitter Thursday.
Under the ordinance, officers must knock and wait a minimum of 15 seconds for a response, NBC News reported.
