Breonna Taylor and the Visibility of Black Women Victims of Police Violence

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🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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While George Floyd's name continues to be chanted at protests sweeping the nation, Breonna Taylor, another victim of police violence, has gotten less attention. Taylor was a 26-year old emergency medical technician living in Louisville, Kentucky when she was shot eight times and killed by police who raided her home on March 13. While the viral video of Floyd being killed helped fuel public outrage and media coverage, this isn't the first time a black woman victim has been under-acknowledged in the public's eye. It's this kind of disproportionate attention that sparked the "Say Her Name" campaign in 2015 to remind people that black women and girls are also victims of police violence. We'll talk about Breonna Taylor's case and the intersection of gender and race discrimination black women can face not only in life, but in death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.0	Welcome back to Forum. I'm Nina Kim. The city of Louisville, Kentucky yesterday passed a ban on so-called
0:52.7	no-knock warrants, and Senator Rand Paul introduced a ban on the warrants nationwide in response to the police killing of Brianna Taylor. She was shot eight times when plain-clothed officers burst into her home after midnight using a no-knock warrant in a drug investigation where she was not a suspect. Taylor was a
1:12.9	26-year-old emergency medical technician who, as her mother said, wanted to save lives. The killing
1:20.2	of Brianna Taylor weeks before the police killing of George Floyd is sparking anger and action,
1:26.0	but it's also raising questions about why her death on March 13th.
1:31.1	And police violence against black women, queer, and transgender people generally tend to receive
1:36.1	so little attention. So joining me now is Andrea Ritchie. She is the author of Invisible No More, Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of
1:46.9	Color. She's also a police misconduct attorney and a researcher in residence on race,
1:51.7	gender, sexuality, and criminalization at the Barnard Center for Research on Women. Thanks for
1:57.3	joining us on Forum. Thank you so much for having me.
2:06.9	So some have attributed the lack of video footage for the slow response to Taylor's killing.
2:11.3	The attorney for Taylor's family has attributed it to focus on the pandemic.
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