Shock. Outrage. We stand with the family and loved ones of Breonna Taylor, Black Lives Matter Louisville, the tens of thousands of activists in Kentucky, and the national Movement for Black Lives in calling for justice. There is no other way fair-minded people can react to the grand jury decision announced in Louisville today. We support the movement demands that three officers responsible for Breonna Taylor’s murder should have been fired, charged with murder, and had their pensions revoked. The fact that none of that happened is an egregious miscarriage of justice and a painful reminder of how much work lies ahead to root out white supremacy and the devastation and violence it evokes in this country.

Further, we echo the cries of the organizers on the ground and thousands of justice-minded people who have used their platforms to demand justice and demand that the Louisville police department be defunded. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer must resign immediately or be fired. And the wheels of justice should continue to turn until there has been real accountability for the murder of Breonna Taylor, a young woman who served others as an essential worker and whose whole life was ahead of her, until Louisville police murdered her as she slept in her bed.

Our hearts are with Breonna Taylor’s mom and all those who love her. We will not stop demanding justice, in this case and others, because until police officers who commit crimes are held accountable, none of us and none of our communities are safe.

Wanna help out in Louisville?

Louisville Community Bail Fund:  http://bit.ly/LouCommBailFund

BLM General Fund: http://bit.ly/BLMLou

Anti Eviction Fund: http://bit.ly/evictionfund

Healing for Louisville: http://bit.ly/502healing