Breonna Taylor Birthday Meme
When freelance writer and culture critic cate young realized her mother shared a birthday with the slain woman whose name joins a long list of black civilians killed by police including george floyd sean reed tony mcdade and david meatee.
Breonna taylor birthday meme. Friday june 5 would have been breonna taylor s 27th birthday. Y all turning breonna taylor into a meme don t sit right with me cause people will start to not take it seriously. Cnn on june 5 breonna taylor would have been 27 years old.
A new genre of protest meme has breonna taylor s name trending. Friday june 5 would have been breonna taylor s 27th birthday. On sunday rapper lil nas x sent a tweet to his 4 9 million followers that began as a tease.
Taylor an emt was killed in her home two months ago when police officers shot her eight times during an attempted drug sting. However on march 13 she was shot and killed by louisville police officers who forcibly entered her home to execute an unannounced drug raid despite the fact that their main suspect was already in custody. In the weeks since her death people have come together to remember breonna taylor and honor her memory on her birthday urging each other to create birthday cards to send to government officials.
Breonna taylor would have turned 27 years old on june 5 2020. But she was killed two months ago when police broke down the door to her apartment in an attempted drug sting and shot her eight times. Twitter users are calling each other out for turning a call for justice for breonna taylor into a meme.
She needs justice and not a punchline on twitter. Friday june 5 2020 would have been breonna taylor s 27th birthday but instead of celebrating with the young emt breonna s family is grieving. A grassroots group of women artists coders social media experts and influencers led by a black woman writer are marking.
Wendy williams fan club evelynvwoodsen june 13 2020. Breonna taylor a 26 year old black woman was sleeping on march 13 when white police.