'She should be with us': Louisville protesters remember Breonna Taylor - The Guardian

People gathered to mourn the unarmed black woman shot dead by police in March – and vowed to never give up in the fight for justice.

If Taylor had not been shot dead by police in March, her mother believes she would have been out here on the streets herself, protesting against the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and David McAtee here, and demanding reform and an end to police brutality, just like the protesters who had shown up for her.

It started off lonely, but it’s so amazing to see so many people standing up for her, just saying her name.

Plainclothes cops had been serving a no-knock search warrant in a narcotics investigation when they burst through her door in the first hour of 13 March while Taylor was sleeping.

The killings – combined with nationwide rage over Floyd’s death and police brutality – have prompted widespread protests in Louisville over the past nine days.

A woman painted a portrait of Taylor.

“I’d just like to tell her: happy heavenly birthday,” said Tamba Foyah, a 32-year-old artist.

We’re just hanging from their weapons,” he said, referring to the police.

“What I did was, I told Breonna happy b-day, and we want her to look over us,” he said.

He added: “We letting the world know what it really is, what it’s like to be a black person in America.

We letting you know what it’s like that we fearing for our life every time we get pulled over by the police.”.

“It’s about more than just Breonna – it’s about change long-term.”