Breonna Taylor Billboard Vandalized With Red Paint
Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2020 5:25 A.M.
A billboard located in the Irish Hill neighborhood on Lexington Road was vandalized yesterday with
red paint splatted on the forehead of Breonna Taylor.
The billboard campaign which was started by media executive and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey,
features 26 billboards located throughtout the city with Breonna Taylor's face on them. The
billboards call for justice in the death of Taylor by three Louisville Police Officers back
on March 13, 2020. No chargers have yet to be brought against the three officers who shot
and killed the 26 year old after.
Protest in the city continue to this day with the help of "Until Freedom", a social justice organization
that moved to Louisville last month to work with protesters and call on city and state officials to take
action.
On Monday night during the Democratic National Convention, former first lady Michelle Obama talked
about Taylor's death while delivering her speech to the nation.
Taylor's death sparked outage againt the LPD'S police tactis which created "Breonna's Law". The law
was signed back in June by Mayor Greg Fischer, it bans the use of no-knock search warrants and it
requires officers to wear body cameras when executing search warrants. Taylor's family filed a lawsuit
against the officers in May, accusing them of wrongful death, excessive force and gross negligence.
Oprah explains in the following video of the reason behind the campaign:
